Okay, so as far as I can tell from the replies, is that there will be internal investigation, but he pilots will not receive any "spanking".
Fair enough, I guess the thought of being blown out of the sky, and the related stress when you see an F16 on your left side ( knowing that there's a second and possibly third one 1 NM behind with it's radar locked on you ) will make them more vigilant the next time they don't hear anything on the radio for more than 10 minutes
( Lon : we keep beating our record # of flights/day on a weekly bases, we're up to 47xx last Wednesday... )