bolterking
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as for too many people on the platform that is debatable. Every LSO will speak to this...only way to learn pitching deck control is to get out there and see it.
Now for my soap box. Are you sure everyone in that video is an LSO? Might be DV's (which I doubt given the severity of pitching deck), might be CAG and CO's/XO's (which is not uncommon) or hell the Captain of Ship for that matter. Point is you can't speak intelligently about who is out there unless you were on that ship and yes i know that includes myself. I won't judge what I see based on that video. Camera video taken from bow of ship that is zoomed aft can make pitching deck look worse. Camera tricks...and yes I have done it for cruise video...but then again that might be legit 20+ foot movement. You never know. i would like to hear from anyone in forum that was on the ship in this video and attest to conditions.
Lastly, and every CAG Paddles can attest to this...if it was truly a dangerous or crappy day and unsafe, CAG Paddles would have cleared the platform out to minimal crew. SO goes back to my first paragraph. Good experience for new LSO's or inexperienced LSO's or even not wave day LSO leads to get up there and refresh themselves on pitching deck.
It's not uncommon to see that many people out there and it is not unsafe to have that many people out there. When it becomes a safety issue, CAG Paddles will and has stepped in. On side note...is that the Kitty Hawk? if so the platform is so far removed from foul line you can have that many people there and not be in the way....same for Enterprise.
Now for my soap box. Are you sure everyone in that video is an LSO? Might be DV's (which I doubt given the severity of pitching deck), might be CAG and CO's/XO's (which is not uncommon) or hell the Captain of Ship for that matter. Point is you can't speak intelligently about who is out there unless you were on that ship and yes i know that includes myself. I won't judge what I see based on that video. Camera video taken from bow of ship that is zoomed aft can make pitching deck look worse. Camera tricks...and yes I have done it for cruise video...but then again that might be legit 20+ foot movement. You never know. i would like to hear from anyone in forum that was on the ship in this video and attest to conditions.
Lastly, and every CAG Paddles can attest to this...if it was truly a dangerous or crappy day and unsafe, CAG Paddles would have cleared the platform out to minimal crew. SO goes back to my first paragraph. Good experience for new LSO's or inexperienced LSO's or even not wave day LSO leads to get up there and refresh themselves on pitching deck.
It's not uncommon to see that many people out there and it is not unsafe to have that many people out there. When it becomes a safety issue, CAG Paddles will and has stepped in. On side note...is that the Kitty Hawk? if so the platform is so far removed from foul line you can have that many people there and not be in the way....same for Enterprise.