lomapaseo,
Don't you think that is beig a bit sensative?
If I had been responsible for a disaster on that level I would head right for my locker and grab my lunch pale and go home. And try and get another job before the word got out.
Honestly though, using the word fired was just for lack of a better one. come on now, you know as well as I do the guy at the controls was gone before the end of the day.
Our flight test pilots know that if you bang up an airplane, especially a new one, your gone before the airplane comes to a stop.