SKE
I never really liked SKE but it was sold to the army as a Blind Drop aid and they bought it. When they found out that the min IMC drop height would be at safety altitude they went off it a bit.
Well done for digging out the ATC angle on the use of SKE, but the previous point was that you could take your formation through iffy weather at base altitude or transit in IMC at medium altitude to a suitable let down long after JATFOR would have aborted.
In the event of Loss of SKE the first element lead stayed at base altitude, no 2 +500ft, no 3 +1000ft. The second elephant lead went to base +1500,2 +2000, 3+2500 Then the third elephant lead stayed down at base altitude and so on so you only had a stack from say 3000ft to 5500ft.
The JATFOR scatter sent people off to holding points on radials and ranges from tacans around the country and then recalled all 36 one by one. Nightmare!
Anyway, practising SKE procedures on low level missions gave you time for a cup of tea and the contents of your AH box.
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