Pilots have safety concerns about the F-22 Raptor

[CHUCK79]

A little article I stumbled on today:

http://news.yahoo.com/fighter-pilots-cl ... ories.html

[Xpand]

Hmmm... Kamikaze without their own-will, putting it briefly, right?

I guess the USAF doesn't want to admit they wasted billions on a war machine that's more dangerous to its own pilot than to the enemy...

[Rocket_Bird]

Capt. Haney never made a distress call but took his plane into a dive and, a little over a minute later, crashed into the winter wilderness at faster than the speed of sound.

After a lengthy investigation, an Air Force Accident Investigation Board could not find the cause of the malfunction but determined "by clear and convincing evidence" that in addition to other factors, Haney was to blame for the crash because he was too distracted by his inability to breathe to fly the plane properly.

I couldn't find the accident investigation report, but if they actually concluded that he was "distracted" because of an inability to breath, then that has to be the worst (and stupidest) "we don't care" statement I've ever heard.

[wifesaysno]

Please PLEASE do not follow that stupid article! Main stream news agencies need to stay away from aviation topics if they keep this crap up!
MUCH better article with better detail from a REAL

aviation/defense news source:
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.asp ... 454218.xml