Exactly ! Despite it being a little old fashioned , I understand the idea of asking for permission . I don ' t understand the idea of asking only her father . If SO ' s mother is a part of her life , then it would be awfully insulting to leave her out of the conversation . <| sep |> You ' re nuts . 12 c is freezing . <| sep |> I ' m not sure how valid it still is , but the ' World at War ' documentary series from the 70 ' s argued that , particularly in the air force , Soviet commanders were reluctant to train with more modern equipment , limiting the amount of hours each pilot could fly in modern planes , etc , out of fear that if the equipment failed they might take the blame . This meant that there were very few people highly experienced with modern equipment when the Germans invaded and so no branch performed as well as they could of .