I cannot agree more - one would have thought that the participants to aquatic training exercises would be to say the least be able to swim and stay afloat! This clearly depicts what happens when standards are lowered to accommodate all.Now the crew gets the blame for the politicians cock-up's.
I further read in the Afrikaans newspaper (Die Burger) dated 13/07 /2005 that the military is now also looking at recouping damages suffered to aircraft from the pilots/crew responsible for such damage - with specific reference made to the luit .who stopped for a Wimpy take -away and crashed the heli.I wonder if the same military will also recoup the damages from the candidate -pilot who recently parked the Pilatus trainer on its roof?