ekpilot
Yes, wasn't that what I said in my last sentence?
That's just the point. Regardless of training and how good your normal levels of situational awareness are, if you're very tired or fatigued, the ability to cognitively process this information, along with acute stress, makes the task very difficult. I'm sure most, if not all of us have found ourselves in a situation that went from fairly benign to seriously threatening in a very short space of time.
Definitely a 'I learned from that moment' type of experience. Most of us are lucky to be able to walk away from them.
Harry