My experience with OBOGS is limited to about 10 hours of T-45 time, post winging, during the OPEVAL. It had some quirks, but nobody was concerned about delivery of poisonous air at that time. We were more concerned with the sensitive nosewheel steering and poor spool up time on the engines. Both of those have killed people, despite being identified through every part of the acceptance process.
Sounds like I got out of Aerospace at the right time.
I wouldn’t sign off on anything that I wouldn’t strap on and fly myself (courtesy of the training I got at the hands of my Dad and a Battle of Midway vet we had for Leading Chief) but after seeing the very same lawyers and politicians who’d just finished their World Class CF in ‘Nam issuing specifications and “recommending” vendors/systems for the stuff we were building (or trying to build) during the Carter years....
Sometimes I feel like turning in my old uniforms and sending my apologies to people like you. Really should have fought these bastards back when this crap first began.
...but we didn’t.