One of the many reasons why I’m trying to leave it.
TBH there is no reason a P-8 should have been anywhere near you. None what so ever. My pucker factor when operating close to the CSG is always insanely high, because we know we don't have extensive experience with the Airwing and are the fat/slow kids just looking to get into trouble. If a NMAC did actually occur, then the P-8 wasn't using their multitude of sensors correctly. The AC/MC always has the ability to knock off training because spidey sense says "this doesn't feel right" - sounds like they should have used that discretion.
That being said - if we get tasking to work in close to the ship, that's where we will be. I don't know if "we don't work for you" was an attitude problem (likely) or a rude way of saying "we report to a different CWC than you do so we apologize for being here but we can't move without authorization" (less likely). Both are possible though. I have never received the type of pre-flight deconfliction you've mentioned providing from a Strike Lead prior to a flight. That's not a statement about you/yours but more that the communication channels between your staff and our TOC have always had issues, as you mentioned.
Quitter.
Lol. Bonus points if they were flying an Il-78 out of Sawyer Int’l Airport, Michigan.red tanker track (as if the red actually needed a f**cking tanker in the first place)
In other P8 and 737 MAX news:
Navy eyeing discounted Boeing 737s
"The Navy has a long tradition of buying broken airplanes"www.duffelblog.com
“I think they said it was an autopilot problem,” said Geurts. “No problem, whatever it is it can’t be as bad as our pilots hand flying.”
Is that even possible to mod an existing 737? Seems like that would be more effort than buying new.This is what happens when some MBA in the DoD remembers reading about arbitrage in a book...
Is that even possible to mod an existing 737? Seems like that would be more effort than buying new.
Just a curiosity aside from the article. In theory, an F/A-18F can be converted to a Growler with an AEA kit. I presume the P-8 has to be built as such from the ground up.If you can get it for $1,400 like its mentioned in the article - yea it's probably worth it. Or were you being serious?
It has -900 wings and mains. It’s essentially a BBJ and they’re all built on the same production line.