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Originally Posted by Ronald Cherrycoke
Human habit of repeating previous errors - the knowldge that could prevent this all too often dies with the relevant generation.
In some professions there will always be a chance of an accident regardless of safeguards...the military happens to be one.
- the individual who fired on the British vehicle has advanced through the ranks since the incident - it was reported on BBC news last night that he is now a colonel - The Sun newspaper today names Col Gus Kohntopp as the pilot who fired the shots.
So what... if it was an accident and he was not to blame or court marshaled...why shouldn`t he be promoted. If you don`t get promoted in the military you might as well leave.
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...and it looks as though he may be leading a squadron or two in Iraq again as his unit looks set to be called up again as a part of Bush's next big push. Should be no problem there as he is known to follow procedures and, of course, there won't be any cockpit record anyway....
I think the point that this brings out is that the media always dig deeper than is necessary - opinions can be influenced by what comes out. Just shows how much better it is to be honest and open at the outset (and to actually strive to learn from mistakes rather than what we have here - procedures that have faults being accepted as satisfactory - so nothing is done to change them). In this particular case, with the media looking to 'right the wrong' both living victims of the events have now been needlessly exposed to information that may not be pertinent - that's the widow as well as the pilot.