Tell me. Were these the same ones that put a perfectly good 707 in the water off East Sale by continuing to demand something that was known in the service as "....practicing bleeding"?
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Yes - that wasn't a good look.
I had never heard of "practicing bleeding" until I left the RAAF. I think the term was used to describe DCA Examiners of Airmen and civilian flying instructors (as well as former military) who had the habit of cutting the mixture control after take off to "simulate" an engine failure in a twin.
Of course it was a real engine failure caused by cutting off the fuel. A dangerous practice that caused several fatalities over the years with the Duchess crash at Camden being one of the most tragic when the aircraft caught fire after hitting the ground.