Originally Posted by HuggyU2

If you're talking an April 1992 crash, Kirk was a student assigned to me when I was a FAIP. I was what they called back then a "Class Commander" in the STURON and was directly involved in their assignments. So I guess I was your Class Commander too. No one's dad had any say in who got what, and Kirk was a DG. He may have been the top stick in the class, but it's been 30 years and I can't recall. Maybe I'm remembering everything wrong, but he earned his assignment.
The mishap had a lot to do with crew rest, overseas PCS, and fatigue. It had nothing to do with dad insisting his son get an Eagle.