Read your Freeppage, don’t sound like you spent much time at sea...:)
OTOH, being in a plane on fire is similar to being on a ship on fire, I would guess, but perhaps in its own dimension.
Thanks. Got it. Actually I’ve spent little time on warships at sea. But I’ve told many people that there are few places where 19-21 year olds are more professional and dedicated than on a flight deck. It is amazing to me how everyone can move around in such close quarters and not have many more accidents. And landings at night in bad weather on a flight deck take amazing nerves. I have a friend who is retired as CPO. We talked about the Chief’s emblem. It is a fouled anchor. Who will go down the line in the old days and un-foul the anchor? A chief. And if you look at he video of the fire on the Forrestal you see a Chief pick up an extinguisher and head for the fire. He disappears into a mist...that’s all that is left of him.