Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
Old F-100 Boldface for the fire on take-off, Timbo, said, "maintain take-off thrust until safe ejection altitude. If on fire, eject". Point being, do NOTHING quick, Mr F-15 should have known that, apologies to Jeff.
GF
The Hun was single engine. There is a very different engine-fire-on-takeoff decisionmaking process for a single engine aircraft vs a twin, obviously.
A fighter pilot in a multiengine jet also doesn't perform a 4-segment takeoff in the event of an engine failure, either. The term "v1", or "v1 cut" also doesn't appear in the lexicon of a military fighter guy. Does all that make him some kind of idiot?
No, it just means that different aircraft types in different environments have differing procedures that are appropriate to that aircraft and that environment.
Pilots don't magically know what to do and how to do it in a new aircraft and new industry. If only there were a process by which pilots could be taught what to do when such a change happened....