Beagle I know you have a personal connection with the pilot in this case. I have to agree however as an outsider looking in, it seems that someone had decided that whatever happened at the CM this man was going to get 'nailed'. The whole point of the CM was surely to try the chap regarding his integrity. No one disputed the fact that he had been negligent in leaving the camera where he did.
BV thanks for your insight into the difference between the workload of the FJ pilot and the ME one. My contention in my comment was meant to highlight what I found strange in that the cost of this incident was almost used as a stick to beat this chap with in the CM.