Navy says T-45 jets grounded indefinitely.
Instead of a three day stand down, The U.S. Navy has decided to ground all 197 training jets indefinitely.
“The pause is extended as long as our experts need as they diligently work to determine the root cause of the physiological episodes and solutions to fix the issue,” said Lt. Leslie Hubbell, a Navy spokesperson told Fox News Saturday.
Yeah sorry, a three day pause won’t fix the problem, and Big Navy has decided to listen to the pilots and act, instead of paying lip service to their concerns and carrying on as usual. I am pleasantly surprised by this decision. It’s the right call.
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Like a former CO of mine once said, equipment is replaceable, human lives aren’t.
I’ve heard the same thing before… the loss of a life is a high price, especially in training.
Had a 1SG before my first deployment say that he would rather lose every single Stryker in our Company than a single Soldier
Well, finally, common sense prevailed. How refreshing. (no sarc.)
After 8 years of neglect and penny pinching, I’m surprised that we have any aircraft in the air.
I know the problem with this aircraft is the life support system, but you’d think it could have/would have been corrected already. Probably would have if the money wasn’t having to be spent on other necessities.
You mean, like SJW Social Experiments?
Or “green” fuel at $24 a gallon.
You also have to wonder if the officer that signed off on neglecting this issue in the past is now on the launchpad, as Big Navy has all kinds of egg on their face when the junior officer instructor pilots have to mutiny to get the safety problem fixed. Sounds like a lot of Obama era admiral appointments need to be rectifies.
I hope they find the root cause and flying continues soon. While everyone is blame storming, and deciding who should get fired, there is another avenue. What is a suitable alternate for OBOGS that can be quickly installed on the aircraft, safely tested, and training resume?
As for firing Admirals, that is insanely short-sighted. The question is why haven’t lower-level commanders stopped flying sooner? If command tours are only 2 years, and this problem started in 2009, that means a minimum of 4 commanders have had varying levels of this problem. Furthermore, it may not have been the primary maintenance/student problem. Let’s not fire a high ranking officer because he/she may not have known about the problem, just to satisfy the “someone needs to go” mentality. There is more to this problem that a 1 page article.