Unqualified F-35 pilot at the controls when Utah NG Apache crashed

[Blizzard]

Uhhh...
Unqualified F-35 Pilot At the Controls During Utah National Guard Apache Crash, Investigation Reveals

I understand incentive/orientation flights but this dude was actually trying to land the thing. His only experience was 35 min in a sim.

Newsflash: Flying fixed wing is nothing like flying rotary wing.

 

[DA SWO]

Uhhh...
Unqualified F-35 Pilot At the Controls During Utah National Guard Apache Crash, Investigation Reveals

I understand incentive/orientation flights but this dude was actually trying to land the thing. His only experience was 35 min in a sim.

Newsflash: Flying fixed wing is nothing like flying rotary wing.

The Warrant Officer should have terminated the flight earlier. He was the PIC, not the F-35 Pilot.

 

[Blizzard]

The Warrant Officer should have terminated the flight earlier. He was the PIC, not the F-35 Pilot.

Yeah, like after the first, second, or third attempts to hover and land.

 

[Steve1839]

I have lost confidence in a whole lot of folks after this escapade...