I thought that he might just have come over a bit more military and authoritative had he been wearing his SD hat - or are hats optional these days?
A minor point indeed, and far be it for me to make excuses for another brasshat, but if I were commenting on the outcome of a inquest into the sad death of three men, and in which my command had come in for such flak, I believe that I would probably have had my cap off too.
Jack