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Hot switch.(military operations)
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Approach
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March 1, 2007
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2007 U.S. Naval Safety Center. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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The sequence of events leading up to my night flight did not violate any instruction, SOP guidance, or CRM check. However, I found myself in a situation no aviator ever wants to be in while on a flight deck.
My last flight had been exactly one week earlier, as we operated off the coast of Japan. My three previous flights, however, also had been night flights, so I was accustomed to the nighttime ritual. We pulled into Sasebo, Japan, for some much needed R&R, and, four days later, we were back underway.
The following afternoon we completed our NATOPS crew brief. Because we were a hot switch into the aircraft, we reviewed the hot-switch procedures during the brief and ...
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