Born Hunter 17,832 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 In a situation like that the Typhoon pilot is able to get eyes on the plane and passengers and can independantly report back, he is on hand to externally check the plane for anything suspicious and should anything happen is a witness. In a very rare situation he may also have to take direct action... When there is a terror threat on a British cruise ship SBS operators are parachuted in, it's no different. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 In a situation like that the Typhoon pilot is able to get eyes on the plane and passengers and can independantly report back, he is on hand to externally check the plane for anything suspicious and should anything happen is a witness. In a very rare situation he may also have to take direct action... When there is a terror threat on a British cruise ship SBS operators are parachuted in, it's no different. It's very different....soldiers parachuting in can land and defuse a situation. A pilot in a jet can do f**k all about some suicide bomber on a plane. Apart from blowing it out the sky that is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,832 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 (edited) In a situation like that the Typhoon pilot is able to get eyes on the plane and passengers and can independantly report back, he is on hand to externally check the plane for anything suspicious and should anything happen is a witness. In a very rare situation he may also have to take direct action... When there is a terror threat on a British cruise ship SBS operators are parachuted in, it's no different. It's very different....soldiers parachuting in can land and defuse a situation. A pilot in a jet can do f**k all about some suicide bomber on a plane. Apart from blowing it out the sky that is. He'd do f**k all as close as he was! LOL. They're there to visually asses the situation, a set of eyes trained for the job, he can check for anything suspicious and help with his own sit reps if anything was to happen like an explosion. In that situation he would be able to report to the airliner pilot and RAF command how critical the situation was and then what action was to be taken. Suppose the plane was hijacked while he was on hand, he would report back exactly what he was seeing. The point is, as with SBS on cruise ships, trained uncompromised eyes on the scene are hugely useful to those having to make decisions on action, whether or not those eyes are capable of taking the action. In terms of actual action, there's not much he can do to prevent a hijacking or bomb but if the 'bomb' threat turned out to be a surface to air missile attack he'd be on hand to deploy countermeasures if nothing else. Finally, if the plane was planned to be hijacked, seeing a Typhoon at the wingtip would be a fair deterent. If the only job was to 'blow it out of the sky' he'd stay well back. Edited August 6, 2014 by Born Hunter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Doesn't matter if he was touching the f***ing window....if the boy wants to detonate a bomb there's f**k all he can do.....and what's he going to report back after a bomb goes off..."get a brush!!!!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dare 1,103 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 If there was an attempted hijacking these days surely everyone would kick off after what's happened in the past? Do they still have Air Marshals on planes? These days though I'm sure we've been told theyd have the bomb inside them so thatll probably be useless aswell. Course best things got to be just preventing them getting on the plane. Have been a few times on the train where I've not liked the look of someone and got off. Seems funny now but at the time I play over some crazy situations in my head. Rather get where I'm going late but actually get there. Bit embarrassed but has been one time when I've made someone open their bag. Wasnt an Asian either I just thought they'd be using a white bloke to avoid suspsicion. He kept looking around and playing with his phone on the underground. Bit silly because opening the bag might of set it off anyway but didnt think like that I was just convinced he had something in the bag. He was abit defensive at first but that just made me think he was upto something even more. Said sorry after but he didnt look to impressed lol. And no I don't smoke weed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,832 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Have you read a damn word I've written Lab, LOL. Aye, you know better than the RAF... LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Have you read a damn word I've written Lab, LOL. Aye, you know better than the RAF... LOL Yes I've read it.......here goes... What can he see in the plane that will be of any info......I'm pretty sure a mastermind terrorist who's managed to high jack a passenger airline will just about manage to pull the blinds down...? If the bomb is detonated on the plane and it's into 25 bits and falling to the floor....what does he do to help?? The one and only reason can be to shoot it down if they feel like it's heading for a target.....I'll agree with that one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted August 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Have you read a damn word I've written Lab, LOL. Aye, you know better than the RAF... LOL Don't argue with Wing Commander Lab. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Have you read a damn word I've written Lab, LOL. Aye, you know better than the RAF... LOL Don't argue with Wing Commander Lab. Far to intelligent for me to argue with him.....I'm going down the comedy route...lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,832 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Have you read a damn word I've written Lab, LOL. Aye, you know better than the RAF... LOL Yes I've read it.......here goes... What can he see in the plane that will be of any info......I'm pretty sure a mastermind terrorist who's managed to high jack a passenger airline will just about manage to pull the blinds down... If the bomb is detonated on the plane and it's into 25 bits and falling to the floor....what does he do to help?? The one and only reason can be to shoot it down if they feel like it's heading for a target.....I'll agree with that one. No mate, you're absolutely right, I'll just get on the phone to conningsby and let them know not to bother next time. f***ing hell they should have you on the defence committee, situational analysis is clearly your forte. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,832 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Have you read a damn word I've written Lab, LOL. Aye, you know better than the RAF... LOL Don't argue with Wing Commander Lab. Far to intelligent for me to argue with him.....I'm going down the comedy route...lol f**k OFF! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RossM 8,149 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Right lads put your handbags away eh? Nae bomb Nae bother...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Have you read a damn word I've written Lab, LOL. Aye, you know better than the RAF... LOL Yes I've read it.......here goes... What can he see in the plane that will be of any info......I'm pretty sure a mastermind terrorist who's managed to high jack a passenger airline will just about manage to pull the blinds down... If the bomb is detonated on the plane and it's into 25 bits and falling to the floor....what does he do to help?? The one and only reason can be to shoot it down if they feel like it's heading for a target.....I'll agree with that one. No mate, you're absolutely right, I'll just get on the phone to conningsby and let them know not to bother next time. f***ing hell they should have you on the defence committee, situational analysis is clearly your forte. So let's pretend I'm I'm charge...... RAF man...." Lab we have a terrorist situation on board a flight heading for London and there's a guy saying he has a bomb" Me....."come and get me when it's landed" Raf man...." Will we send a jet up?" Me "what for??" Raf man...."maybe he will see something and report back??" Me..."shut f***ing up and tell me when it's landed" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,529 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 But i thought the cockpit door was to be locked and not opened under any circumstances ?. but say a terrorist gained entry and was going to crash the plane into downing street ,The fighter that was scrambled would blow the plane up over london ?. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hareydave 1,214 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 do you think they check the passenger list before they shoot it down Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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