Hittade följande på PPRuNe, m a p på debatten om en- vs tvåsitsiga maskiner. I ljus av uppköpscirkusen vi ser just nu tyckte jag det var lite intressant för oss JAS-sägare!
This is an extract from an article in Aviation and Space Technology by an ex F-4E (both air-air and ground attack) and F-5E aggressor pilot. You may not agree with all his points but many are true:
1. A better trained pilot flying a simple aircraft will beat a lesser trained pilot flying a sophisticated aircraft.
2. A simple aircraft is more reliable, costs less to maintain, and is easier for the pilot to become combat proficient in than a sophisticated aircraft.
3. Experience tells you when to have your head in the cockpit and when to be out. The pilot who will win is the one who has the experience to keep his head 95% out of the cockpit and who is flying an aircraft that allows him that freedom.
4. If either member of a 2 seat aircraft is inexperienced, the entire crew will be ineffective.
5. Experience is not defined by the completion of training requirements but by the individual's level of confidence in the combat arena.
6. The amount of armament on board does not necessarily correlate to the number of enemy aircraft that can be shot down.
7. In most instances, multiple crew aircraft led to confusion in the cockpit and over the radio.
8.It is just as easy to get a dead six shot on a single seater as it is on a two seater.
9. The pilot in a 2-seater, due partly to relying on the other crew member for certain critical functions, tends to be complacent and not as resourceful as his single-seat counterpart. The single-seat pilot is forced into the situation and must be resourceful or die.
10. Aircraft that can fight slowly will win more engagements. Speed may be life but you'll never kill anybody racing around with your hair on fire.
In short, I have more respect for the cocky obnoxious single-seater who knows what he is doing because he has the training, experience and the confidence necessary to be effective in the air-to-air combat arena than the pilot of a 2-seater, who needs the the warm feeling of another set of eyeballs.