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Old November 30th 10, 08:03 AM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval
Alex Potter
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I seem to recall reading somewhere in, I think, "Carrier Observer", that
the observer was the aircraft commander and the pilot "merely" the driver.

I don't have the volume to hand at the moment. Was this the case?

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Old November 30th 10, 08:15 PM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval
John Weiss[_4_]
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Alex Potter wrote:

I seem to recall reading somewhere in, I think, "Carrier Observer",
that the observer was the aircraft commander and the pilot "merely"
the driver.

I don't have the volume to hand at the moment. Was this the case?


No. In many cases, the FAA inspector is not even qualified on the
airplane.
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Old November 30th 10, 11:29 PM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval
Bill Kambic[_2_]
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On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 07:03:38 +0000 (UTC), Alex Potter
wrote:

I seem to recall reading somewhere in, I think, "Carrier Observer", that
the observer was the aircraft commander and the pilot "merely" the driver.

I don't have the volume to hand at the moment. Was this the case?


FAA?

Fleet Air Arm or Federal Aviation Administration?
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Old November 30th 10, 11:46 PM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval
Keith Willshaw[_3_]
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"Alex Potter" wrote in message
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I seem to recall reading somewhere in, I think, "Carrier Observer", that
the observer was the aircraft commander and the pilot "merely" the driver.

I don't have the volume to hand at the moment. Was this the case?

--
Alex


That would depend on the specific makeup of the crew. In both the
RAF and FAA the senior officer would command the aircraft
and while he was usually the pilot he could have some other role
particularly when the pilot was an NCO. I recall reading of one crew
in 100 Squadron with a sergeant pilot and a navigator who was a
flying officer and as such was nominally in command. In practice
he had the good sense to let the man behind the joystick take
the decisions.

Keith


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Old December 1st 10, 12:01 AM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval
Alex Potter
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Default Role of the observer in FAA

On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:29:07 -0500, Bill Kambic wrote:

Fleet Air Arm or Federal Aviation Administration?


The former.

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Alex
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Old December 1st 10, 12:02 AM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval
Alex Potter
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Default Role of the observer in FAA

On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:46:07 +0000, Keith Willshaw wrote:

In practice he had the good sense to let the man behind the joystick
take the decisions.


Nothing worse than back-seat drivers. Unless it's your flying instructor,
of course.

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Alex
 




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