Originally Posted by
dat581
F/A-18 pilots are not trained to be head down staring at their DDI's.
No fighter pilot worthy of the name would do so.
What are you talking about?
We have all just guessed that you have never sat behind a HUD, or watched the symbology whizz by in a blur at high rates, or had to recover from an unusual attitude.
To imply that this poor chap was neither trained or capable of flying on head-down instruments is plain crass. Expanding it to suggest that no fighter pilot can fly on instruments just makes you look stupid.