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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
But doing a coast to coast moral thing with old jets like this is asking too much and ignoring the problem for public relations and I have a lot of problems with that. When they announced this thing I turned to a friend and said "I can't tell you how bad of an idea this is"
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I disagree, the season was pretty much a write off due to covid. Airshows have been cancelling everywhere, however the team still has the budget and hours to burn so this was a great way to use them up and keep the pilots proficient.
The planes are old but are still maintained to a high standard.
Flame out (speculating, I heard a pop in one video) on take off is about the worst situation you could have but they would have been flying back home regardless so I don't think you can blame the goodwill tour. For all we know they took a bird and it had nothing to do with the aircraft.
My facebook had been littered with posts about this tour and people were genuinely excited and proud of it. It's devastating that today that excitement has shifted to sympathy posts. I didn't know Jenn personally but have many friends who knew her well. Very sad day, RIP.