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Wednesday, September 07, 2005

By the Book

So much for individual initative.

Sounds a bit more like the old Soviet AirForce mode of total ground control.
I'll be that the superior officer hears about this one ...

Navy Pilots Who Rescued Victims Are Reprimanded - New York Times

"PENSACOLA, Fla., Sept. 6 - Two Navy helicopter pilots and their crews returned from New Orleans on Aug. 30 expecting to be greeted as lifesavers after ferrying more than 100 hurricane victims to safety.

Instead, their superiors chided the pilots, Lt. David Shand and Lt. Matt Udkow, at a meeting the next morning for rescuing civilians when their assignment that day had been to deliver food and water to military installations along the Gulf Coast."

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