Re GIMLI, I clearly remember those pilots also were given awards for something ?brilliant flying? or something similar. History repeats itself.
I also heard, cannot remember where at this distance, that the whole incident/accident derived from the Canadian government political requirement for metrication (Vive La Quebec Francaise). The bowser driver was the only person who had not been sent on a metrication course, perhaps he should have been #1 for the course.
Yet another mightily complicated accident I guess.