Quote: "Now PADDLES sounds 'pizzed' (sic) off ... "
Yeah. No shit, Sherlock.
Did you ever call "CLARA" while flyin' the pass(es) ???
I'm certain you did ...
Goin' along for the sake of discussion: did PADDLES ever respond to your "CLARA" call ???
If they did and could "see you", they should have told you "PADDLES CONTACT, keep it coming, I've got you" or words similar .... I've waved in similar situations on more than one occasion and that's the way it all went down. Everyone got aboard -- safely -- no problems and no "controlled ejections" hypotheticals alongside the ship. Otherwise ... they were MIA/AWOL on the PLATFORM. I'm havin' a hard time believing any 27-C or any Vietnam-era PLATFORM could be that incompetent ... are you certain you're "remembering" it as it went down ... ???
If YOU took two (2) of your own W/O's w/out any COMM w/ PADDLES during the first, between the two, and during/after the second ... ???
Like I say; hard to believe ....
If PADDLES was that out of the loop/incompetent -- they should have been relieved, post haste....
If YOU took two (2) uncommanded, own-W/O's on my BOAT ... when you finally got aboard, I'd ground your sorry ass UFN.
After the debrief, of course ...
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Pilots don't "own" the pattern ... I do. At the minimum, I lease it from the BOSS ....
Roger Ball ... ???
Rant on, A4s...rant on!!
While in flight, I own the airplane...and my ass!! And don't you forget it...