Joe Hunt,
I don't believe anyone was casting aspersions on Pablos military career, although we have a few guys in MYT who were in the RAF at the same time and their comments are quite illuminating.
We are talking about a situation that occurred on a commercial aircraft governed by commercial laws. He broke the rules repeatedly, he got fired. End of....
Mods; is it not about time this thread got locked. I think the few pilots on here who can be bothered to reply are rapidly losing interest. In fact, can we have a forum where you actually have to prove your quals to gain entry. Now that would be useful from a professional perspective.