I guess I tend to support the "can't we all get along model", but if I was honest, being forced to fly in a more disciplined formation just makes me darn nervous initially. I have to be given the chance to fail a few times (hmmm...goober, goober etc) and then succeed and the heart rate drops down a bit and you start seeing the logic of the lesson.
training night should be a night where you are open to trying something that you are not comfortable with to see if it can improve. Even though it was rough around the edges I got some really key things out of Thursday night. We have to talk more and say clearly what we are doing. The great example was when Icy described on the Tank target how he had to adjust and bomb AAA instead of tanks. I completely missed that and was just making my own little runs, trying to make sure I dropped all my bombs.
I think the other one I recollect was on the Griphos flying night when we were rolling in on a target we had never seen before and I could not tell from what people were saying what I was suppose to drop on. Eveyone was doing their thing and I dutifully followed Griph on his run and ended up with a full load of bombs because I got confused. Is the right thing to do than to pull out of formation and drop the bombs to make sure I didn't waste the trip? Likely not, but every part of me wanted to do that.
Sooooo, just making the pitch that what Dub is trying to do is get us out of our comfort zone a bit so we communicate better and make very clear what we are trying to do ( at least that is my opinion). Absolutely there are things to learn from Icy and Fry because they have cadence built in from years of flying together. There are things to learn from Dub because he has a formula that works, but requires everyone to buy in.
okay too many words, going to keep saying that this is the best group of people I have flow with in a while, so keep the faith, stay respectful and be honest when you are uncomfortable ( but be willing to try new things too).