B-1 Pilot Makes $456M Mistake!

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  @FamilyofFour30 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Wow, as a former USAF flight safety officer, this one is a real eye opener.

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  @TheEagles427 · 2 years ago

  What a total disaster from leadership down to every single person in that organization. I flew B1 with my weight at 170 lbs 6’ height…I can’t image back in my day seeing a pilot at 260 lbs. The lack of standards across our services is ridiculous. Signed 3000+ flying hours.

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  @Jeff-q4u · 2 years ago

  I work in a hospital, and I see the degradation of protocol with horror. <br>I have just left a job where the culture was to be flippant with safety, and disregard people like me - because I was really experienced, in favour of younger, excited and confident go getters. <br>Don&apos;t get me wrong, I am totally in favour of training the next generation, but often the correct type of training will involve responsibility and respect for - as in our case, patients. <br>I was constantly scared of how good, talented people were unintentionally complicit with the degradation of values, simply because they were young and inexperienced and were listening to people who were leading them to poor practices. <br>Thanks Hoover, <br>Great pod cast. <br>🌹

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• LO

  @loucuevas3867 · 2 years ago

  Retired today, 52 years, aircraft maintenance. &nbsp;Plenty of time to follow now. Great video.

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• RO

  @RogerThat787 · 2 years ago

  Please support this man&apos;s work

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• CP

  @cpoutdoors3595 · 1 year ago

  I’m in awe of the way you navigate through a tragic and traumatic event with elegance. It’s not easy to give constructive criticism with the same level of respect to those involved and their family. You sir, do an amazing job.

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• SC

  @scottgray493 · 2 years ago

  My roommate was a B-1 Nav during desert storm. It would break his heart to listen to this debrief.

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• CH

  @charlesbailey9451 · 2 years ago

  The worst thing is these pilots may be flying airliners soon.

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• AW

  @awacsjstars3433 · 1 year ago

  A fighter pilot admitting he will make mistakes caused me to spit up my coffee.

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• RE

  @reddog19d · 2 years ago

  I did the math, NONE of these crewmen were getting sufficient training as a pattern. They were barely flying more than 10 hours per MONTH for the entire time they were in the B1. They were at absolute minimums for training. As we like to say, your best shooting in an emergency will never be better than you worst day at the range. If your training is lacking then your actual work will suffer. Big boy didn&apos;t gain that extra 50 pounds in 6 months so when was the last time he went on a scale. We did it every 6 months. I would have been on the fat boy program if I wasn&apos;t near max PT score at the time.

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• RC

  @rcs3030 · 2 years ago

  Sounds like four janitors that were working nights said hey let&apos;s go get the keys to one of those B-1s and go for a Joy ride .

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  @bearowen5480 · 1 year ago

  During my fourteen years of flying the Phantom in the Air National Guard, my squadron won numerous TAC safety awards while maintaining an outstanding operational readiness record. In fourteen years with the Guard, I never once aborted or even delayed a sortie for a maintenance issue! Not once! Excellence and mission pride were unwritten credos at every level of the organization. That stems from outstanding leadership from top to bottom. The Air Force hated us! Their inspection teams descended upon us with their micrometers and tape measures in hand, hoping to find one minute something wrong with a bunch of ragtag weekend warriors that kept dominating every servicewide competition they could think up. But no cigar! The Guard and Reserves always finished on top of our regular Air Force contemporaries.<br><br>We were blessed with leaders who were not afraid to stand up in front of us crew dogs on a drill weekend and confess a mistake they had made in the air, reinforcing the self critical ethic that we all took to heart. In my fourteen years as a Nebraska Air National Guardsmen, we did not experience a single Class One accident. That&apos;s something the unit and the country can celebrate! 👍🐻🇺🇲

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