Flying Mission in PAF F-16 Block-52 & others

[Windjammer]

AoA
They are not allowed in the technical area. Let alone an aircraft cockpit.
Regards

Couple of points to be noticed, the released footage is only towards the end of a certain mission...i.e when the aircraft is coming in to land, secondly the personal recording is not from No-5 Squadron, the dedicated Block-52 unit, rather he belongs to No-22 Mirage OCU, and assigned to No-5 for a purpose.

 

[Windjammer]

Its unprofessional in my view.
Going on flights with your iPhone and digital cams, just to take your selfies. Then posting it on your FB pages to impress girls or to show, how much cool you are..
Really bad.

I posed the question to a senior PAF officer, himself a Block-52 pioneer, this was the brief e-mail reply.



Air Attache *************************
4:08 PM (1 hour ago)

to me

AoA ****** Sb,

I have seen the video. It is from rear cockpit / co-pilot position (in case of T-37) of the respective aircraft.

That’s ok if you are not the caption of the aircraft.

We can discuss over the phone as well.

Regards

*******
@MastanKhan @Indus Falcon @Sulman Badshah @silent hawk

 

[silent hawk]

Couple of points to be noticed, the released footage is only towards the end of a certain mission...i.e when the aircraft is coming in to land, secondly the personal recording is not from No-5 Squadron, the dedicated Block-52 unit, rather he belongs to No-22 Mirage OCU, and assigned to No-5 for a purpose.

AoA
It is a violation of PAF SOPs and you know it. These devices are a cyber security hazzard and repeated reminders have been given regarding bringing them into technical areas. I know officers who have got LODs for this reason. Should not be accepted should not be supported.
Regards

 

[Saifullah]

AoA
It is a violation of PAF SOPs and you know it. These devices are a cyber security hazzard and repeated reminders have been given regarding bringing them into technical areas. I know officers who have got LODs for this reason. Should not be accepted should not be supported.
Regards

100% agreed with you. It should not be supported and portrayed as right. Wrong doing should be condemned no matter big or small.

 

[truthseeker2010]

uncle got a call at the end of the video........

 

[MastanKhan]

AoA
It is a violation of PAF SOPs and you know it. These devices are a cyber security hazzard and repeated reminders have been given regarding bringing them into technical areas. I know officers who have got LODs for this reason. Should not be accepted should not be supported.
Regards

Hi,

Thank you sir----there has to be zero tolerance for this kind of stuff----. In one of the scenes----the aircraft are flying wing tip to wing tip----.

The effects are worst than driving while intoxicated----. If your pilot can fly with blood alcohol content of .08% then it is okay to take selfies but if they cannot----then while taking selfies---they have a higher proportional BAC.

 

[Windjammer]

Hi,

Thank you sir----there has to be zero tolerance for this kind of stuff----. In one of the scenes----the aircraft are flying wing tip to wing tip----.

The effects are worst than driving while intoxicated----. If your pilot can fly with blood alcohol content of .08% then it is okay to take selfies but if they cannot----then while taking selfies---they have a higher proportional BAC.

Sir, all said and done, whether the aircraft were flying wing tip to wing tip or in a mirror formation, the fact remains that the pilot(s) at no time were involved in the photo shoot and always remained focus on their duties....the photo session was done by the passenger or the GIBS, which in case of the F-16 was an Air Commodore, who I'm sure is senior enough to know the limitations.

 

[Viper27]

Sir, all said and done, whether the aircraft were flying wing tip to wing tip or in a mirror formation, the fact remains that the pilot(s) at no time were involved in the photo shoot and always remained focus on their duties....the photo session was done by the passenger or the GIBS, which in case of the F-16 was an Air Commodore, who I'm sure is senior enough to know the limitations.

Windjammer's post makes perfect sense.

On my constant requests, my friend (currently flying F-7s) posted a video on facebook of him landing his K-8 during his training days. It was a solo mission. He removed the video a few days later and told me that he (and others) had received strict instructions prohibiting such actions especially when flying solo.

In this case the man being a senior officer appearing to be on joyride missions appears to have not breached any rules at all. Please calm down.