My gut feeling is they would have been under a lot of pressure to "get in". The inexperienced can fall fowl in these scenarios.
Being military pilots they would be used to "taking orders", without question, if they valued their careers. That what they are trained to do.
One also would need to to question the criterion of "presidential crews". I am always wary of the "unblemished" record or never "made a mistake" quality of some of these people. When persons of this quality do eventually screw up it can be in a big way.
P.S. Shouldn't the minimums when operating these VVIP flights, be set "higher" and adhered to?
Last edited by wessel_words; 11th Apr 2010 at 11:00.