Originally Posted by
BEagle
The Crew Brief was held before the pre-flight meal, during which rations would be ordered, for collection on the way out of the Aircrew Feeder.
So rather pointless to mention in-flight catering during the briefing. Which was for more serious matters than the feeding of fat navigators.
Without the nav rad,no soup or sarnies.
At Cottesmore, we often ate before the crew brief when we expected either tech delay or scrub. Almost every trip involved a replan following tech delay as the aircraft configuration dictated the mission - mandatory elements such as ECM run, bomb sight calibration, TFR or not. Then changing target order following new range slots etc etc.
Delays of 4 hours were not unheard of so a late brief was norm.