Originally Posted by
OUAQUKGF Ops
As a complete layman can I ask if any of you who are fast jet display pilots can tell me if your sequences are flown with frequent references to the altimeter or is it more a matter of timing and Mark One Eyeball. Would you expect to use airfield QFE or regional QNH? Would a fairly rapid drop in pressure be of any relevance?
Any vertical manoeuvre is flown with reference to the altimeter on QFE. If you don't make the height over the top that you need, you abort the manoeuvre.