Originally Posted by
SoPinesHeel
USMCFLYR,
Hopefully you are different, but I have seen too many commanders Q3 aircrews for transgressions and then go out and do the same thing. Same thing with evaluators. Funny how when they do it though they do not get the same consequences. Anything from running over fire bottles to scraping tail skids to leading formations to the wrong DZs. Some folks I guess are on their way to the top and can't get slowed down by such minor transgressions
. You don't like that I said it? I hope you can change your peers and truly do lead by example. Maybe just the Marines are better about it, I don't know.
I completely stand by my statement however. I will let a safety investigation determine what actually happened before I condemn instead of the guilty until proven innocent spearthrowing that I sensed and have seen from "leadership" too often in the past. That is what a real leader does, or at least so says all those PME courses we all are supposed to take.
Am I different? I have no idea. You'd have to ask those that I with with and for....but your statement does pick out the ones doing wrong - it was a blanket statement. have i seen higher ups get away with some things that less senior officers (or enlisted for that matter) might be taken to task for/ Yes. Have I also seen superior officers and real up and comers have their flight status revoked for something that a younger, less experienced pilot would be given some leeway on? Yes. I'm not arguing the overall point of your post - just your blanket statement about active duty.
USMCFLYR