[Pukin Dog]

My WTF is regarding judgment. The dude was trying to rate instructor. What is the first thing you want to know about him? If those reasons were good enough to LOC, where they not good enough to down one's self? I know, you don't want to look weak, but that's better than looking dead.

Now, I don't know about the efficacy of those reasons, but I wish they would have just answered like you did. Essentially: "It happens, get over it."

[Rokke]

"If those reasons were good enough to LOC, where they not good enough to down one's self?"

The only thing that kept me from flying a sortie was the runs. Especially during an upgrade. And especially if it was an air to air sortie. But then, I'd always be a little more "gentle" if I wasn't feeling well. Funny thing was, as soon as the canopy went down I usually forgot all about not feeling well.

Just glad I never GLOC'd.

[Mr Rogers]

The Navy is MUCH better than the Air Force at letting guys say, "Not today..."

That, and their commitment to EW are the only two things the Navy does better...unless you count crashes onto a ridiculously small piece of metal floating in the ocean.

[Wilhelm Tell]

Do you think (aside from the fact that the pilot suffered severe injuries) that such an incident would be a career-ending event? I have always wondered about people who have survived situations that may have involved pilot error - do they become desk jockeys or do they get a second chance and how much depends on the severity of the error.