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The easiest source to quote is the one in the very first post: http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-je...,1115206.storyOriginally Posted by bunk22
That you know of. Unless you have more, then please share. I haven't read the FNAEB specifics. I'm hearing there was some lying going on by some of my Navy cohorts but no specifics. So the same with them, what is the real deal? It's my understanding they made a choice...thus a mistake...and it cost them.
According to documents obtained by The Virginian-Pilot, Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Condon and Lt. Cmdr. Marc Fryman reported the breach immediately after landing. The Navy quickly convened an evaluation board to consider whether they should continue flying.
The board found that they chose to fly using barometric altitude measurements (feet above sea level) instead of radar altitude measurements (feet above ground level) but failed to adjust their low-altitude warning systems accordingly.
By the time the alarm sounded, the pilots didn't have enough time to correct the mistake.
Although the pilots "inexplicably failed to recognize" how low they were flying, the board concluded, their lapse was neither intentional nor malicious. It recommended putting both pilots on probation, an outcome endorsed and forwarded up multiple levels of the chain of command.
Despite the scuttlebutt of lying, I doubt that any officer would risk his/her career or reputation by covering up an intentional flight discipline issue of someone else and sending it up the chain.