Tuc
Gratifying though it is to have those like yourself trying to keep us safe, you seem to believe that the safety of the aircrew should be of paramount importance.
It shouldn't.
If you want safe then don't join the military.
Military is about operational capability.
People trying to make us safe have pretty much destroyed ours.
We now have vastly more capable aircraft than when I joined but a reduction in capability because we are not allowed to operate them to the limit or anywhere near the limit or even get them airborne because nobody can prove it's safe!
It never was safe!!
"safety" will make us lose the next war. Lets see how "safe" that is.