Originally Posted by
blastoff
Good post and I understand where you're coming from, no bash taken.
I don't have a problem with the altitude/bank angle, i have a problem with the near wingtip scrape and the high speed low pass at less than a wingspan with the gear up (Most of us wouldn't let our wingtip get that close to ground equipment without a wing walker)...then ya, the rest of it we can debate. But I also go back to the old Air Force mantra of "dumb, dangerous, or different." Regardless of the danger it was definitely dumb and different.
Keep in mind my post is mainly directed at the kids working on their Private Certificate who think the measure of a pilot is how well he can hot-dog it in a big jet. As Air Force pilots, you and I have been trained to Max Perform our jets, tested a few Dash-1 Warnings and Cautions, and set off the "bank angle" GPWS warning intentionally "in the break." Most of the people on this forum haven't and never will, and are not equipped to know when to tell a Civilian CA to "Knock it Off" in a situation like that.
You know another part of that is whether it was all planned, briefed, practiced and executed within whatever rules and regs governed that flying display and if it was all within the capabilities of the airplane. If so.....brillant piece of flying as PearlPilot said. (the B-52 was being operated BEYOND the capabilities of the airplane on top of all the other CRM problems)
If on the other hand that was done without all the planning, briefing, practicing and the maneuvers were beyond the capabilities of the airplane - then it is disgusting has Blastoff said.
USMCFLYR