Re:Marine pilot loses command after ejecting from F-35B that...
by s1artibartfast on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @12:27PM
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Do you think there is no value in picking pilots that make the correct split second decisions or screening out pilots that don't?
The priority here is combat effectiveness, not job security for pilots.
On top of all this, they found that he didn't follow the correct procedures that did exist!
Re:Marine pilot loses command after ejecting from F-35B that...
by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @01:56PM
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Yup. Some humans make okay split-second decisions. Some make great ones. That this difference is unfair is irrelevant. Nobody should be entitled to be a commander.
Re:Marine pilot loses command after ejecting from F-35B that...
by bawolff on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @10:57PM
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Oh, i think there is tremendous value in that if you can do it. However i don't think humans work that way, and what is really happening is survivorship bias. This reduces combat effectiveness as it sweeps opportunity for organizational improvement under the rug.
Ultimately pilots are humans, being asked to make split second decisions. A certain percent of the time decisions are going to be bad. That is why we have procedures. In pretty much every other field we recognize that. Ignoring that fact is incompetence on the part of military command.
There are of course situations that cannot be covered by procedures, however this doesn't seem like one of them.