Lonestar155
is good to go
The attempted landings during a pitching deck looks like it can make out to be a shi77y day!
Absolutely Wa-a-a-a-ay too many guys.Pitchin' deck ??? Well, I wasn't there .... but:
It ain't "pitchin'" -- bad -- unless the ball is goin' off the top AND bottom during your pass .... if so, DON'T CHASE THE BALL !!! LISTEN TO THE LSO !!!
This particular vid is not bad, not too bad at all .... except as a demonstration of WA-A-A-A-AAAAY too many guys on the platform.
What IN THE HELL is the matter w/ LSO's these days .... ???
I weep ........
[BTW, on the Midway, that was nearly a normal deck movement, even in smooth seas. ]
Good call, CAT ....Absolutely Wa-a-a-a-ay too many guys.
That's exactly what struck me too. Not the deck movement, but the paddles convention on the platform. You'd think they had moved the ice cream machine out there.
I also weep….
[BTW, on the Midway, that was nearly a normal deck movement, even in smooth seas. ]
Too many LSOs is probably because of a "More safety guys MUST BE SAFER" mentality, and it unfortunatley will probably take something bad happening (A4s Rampstrike scenario) that gets people hurt/killed, then it will me min personnel on platform for a while. Then 10 years down the road, someone will decide "1 more is better" and so on, until the cycle repeats itself.
We must think alike, A4s… where was the Boss???
If the LSO's aren't smart enough to subscribe to platform population control .... where in the hell is the BOSS???
I weep, once again.
One of the worst things about RAG CQ is that there are usually a butt-ton of DV's (and I use that term liberally, apparently so does the the Big PAO) flown onboard to watch 'the show'. They get led around the flight deck like lemmings. Once watched their tour guide (a shooter who should have known better) try to march several of them under the cans of a Prowler the same way you see directors do with Hornets. Problem with that is the Prowler's can are canted downward. They all got blown into the deck with several resultant cases of road rash.
DV's = Designated Victims.DV's on the flight deck always make me nervous. Watching them march around in an elephant chain. Go to vultures row.