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Before you get excited, look who the story is by. There are other reasons why young pilots might not want to fly the F-22, such as the next major combat mission will be in them.

There are other reasons why young pilots might not want to fly the F-22, such as the next major combat mission will be in them.

You don't know what's going on, so I guess you automatically assume that you should bash the military. Nice.

Newsflash, they didn't join the AF and go through all of the training to become F-22 pilots only to decide it wasn't for them. Refusing to fly could potentially end their careers and lead to crappy careers in civilian life.

You've obviously never flown, but I'll give you the short summary: If a pilot encounters this problem, it doesn't matter whether they've been in 5 years or 20 years, it's a problem that kills all too easily. We've actually been very lucky so far not to loose more.

What bothers me most is that the AF grounded the F-22s last year because of an increase in incidents. I can't believe it's still a problem here in 2012. Like I said, they aren't exactly reinventing the wheel here.