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In other words, he was a rather experienced pilot in that airframe and knew it better than most pilots should.

And still decided that the successful outcome of the flight was in doubt based on the condition of the airframe and systems failures, in the middle of the situation. He survived. Working as intended, as far as I'm concerned.




From the article:

> Over the next 25 years, Del Pizzo became an experienced combat pilot with more than 2,800 hours in the cockpit, 32 hours of which were in the F-35B.

It's the other way around, he has relatively little experience in this particular airframe.




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