ES,
Let me get this straight....you are saying after a Sea Gull flying at 500 knots hits the windscreen of Handsome Young Blue's F-18, some Admiral is going to look silly explaining why HYB was not wearing an O2 Mask?
Just how much protection does an O2 mask really provide when something strong enough to pierce the Windscreen of an F-18 at 500 KT's comes smashing into the Pilots lower face?