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Re: Right Wing Media Myth #2: John McCain has Military Experience
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Originally Posted by TheStripey1
Most pilots are grounded when they lose aircraft even when it isn't their fault... a pilot with four star admirals as father and grandfather, was not... do you see any preferential treatment here?
I do.
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They are grounded until they determine what happened. If it is found that the pilot wasn't at fault, then he is returned to flight status immediately. That is now anyways. I have no idea what SOP was back in the 60s.
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