Bradburger wrote:
Unfortunately, it all begs the question why no one involved queried the actions of the Air Boss, and why the sequence appears to have been made up on the fly?
It is too early to make the statement that nobody queried the actions.
The YouTubers making videos (and who also weren't there in the briefing) don't know that. The NTSB hasn't released any evidence on that yet.
The recording the Dan Gryder claimed to have listened to allegedly doesn't contain anyone interrupting the briefing or asking any questions when that part is briefed. That doesn't mean that
after the briefing there were no off-line discussions about the plan that took place. That doesn't preclude additional flight-specific discussions taking place between the fighter and bomber pilots about their own internal plans.
I have been part of numerous airshows in which the real nitty-gritty of planning and deconflicting happens internally between the warbird pilots after the airboss briefing, and then they go back-brief the airboss on what they want to do.
Without all of the NTSB's evidence out there, especially the statements made by the other pilots participating in the warbird parade, it is impossible to know at this time.
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ellice_island_kid wrote:
I am only in my 20s but someday I will fly it at airshows. I am getting rich really fast writing software and so I can afford to do really stupid things like put all my money into warbirds.