"Chad Irby" wrote in message
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Mike Marron wrote:

Chad Irby wrote:
Mike Marron wrote:

Why you keep trotting out the F-14 is beyond me.

Because, during its development, it crashed *more* often than the
"dangerous" Osprey has, per hour of flight.

And *way* more often than the "troubled" F-22.

This is a non-response.

No, it's a bloody direct and obvious one.

You're complaining about a *current* machine that's having some
problems, and can't keep it in your mind that almost all *previous*
planes and copters have had similar or worse problems.

The complaint isn't about the F-14, it's that the various current
machines really aren't bad at all.

Complaining about the (actually low) accident rate of the V-22 or the
F-22 as being "bad" is just silly.

Tell that to the Marine's mothers.

It is not the accident rate that is problematic for the V-22, it is the kill
rate.