<sigh> To all the non-military folks… You need to understand that nearly EVERY flight in the military is classified as “training”. In 20 years of military flying, probably 95% of my hours would have been classified as “training”.

People need to stop focusing on this red herring. This was more akin to a 2-year line check for a part 121 Captain, where a line check pilot is in the right seat. It’s just a required box to check. There was no “training” going on, per se, and the pilot was not an unqualified “trainee”.