Originally Posted by
Hangarshuffle
Yea I edited my reply but it looks way too fast, looks all wrong. I'm way up for congratulating people for surviving but consider the workers, many of whom here were seriously injured.
I am going to guess that the answers are:
1. No, you are not a qualified E-2 LSO
2. No, you didn't bother to read the attached link with the report on the mechanical malfunction to do with the wire. In the future, it might be best to do a little reading.
Everyone of us who has ever served on an aircraft carrier, as soon as we read that the wire had parted during landing, immediately thought "Oh no, how many on the deck got taken out by the wire!"
Thankfully, none dead; sadly some injured.
The applause to the crew was to keep the bird out of the drink. No small feat. Your offensive assertion and assumption that applause for the crew indicates a lack of thought for the deck crew is a piss poor assumption.