Originally Posted by
Heathrow Harry
handing a bright new shiny jet to a bunch of pilots and asking them for their opinion is one of the oldest tricks in the book. British, French, Russian and above all US aeronautical history since 1945 is full of cases like this
Erm, that only works if the new jet seems better than the old one.
If they get out of an F15 and into an F35 and the performance seems poor, they will notice the contrast immediately.
From what some of here have suggested, surely you would have expected quotes like
"doesn't turn like my old jet"
"visibility is rubbish compared"
"flys like a dog"
etc etc.
Trying to suggest that this is anything other than welcome positive news is just showing your bias.
There are huge numbers of these flying now with pilots from many countries and I have yet to hear a single voice from those who have flown it suggesting that it is anything other than great.
Yes it has been a procurement disaster, and it may well be poor value for money, but tying to suggest it is also a rubbish aircraft is starting to sound closed minded.