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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I personally don't think who the VIP was is relvevant. In the same that the individual pilot is most likely not to 100% at fault if this was part of a larger cultural problem in the military (i.e. helos routinely flew at higher atlititudes that than they're supposed to) VIP transport is there to transport VIPs. It was a service offered in the current cultural context. Whether it should be offered is certainly fair game for discussion at this point, but the VIP didn't cause the collision by utilizing this service.[/quote]

I don't think the identity of the VIP matters. I think the identity of the pilot could matter or might not -- I have no idea. The investigators will know who the pilot is and can look into anything relevant, and I hope that info comes out if necessary (like if it's revealed the person had other incidents while flying, that would be relevant). I get why they are being cautious about revealing her name because the president politicized it.

I do think it's relevant whether the helicopter was transporting a VIP prior to flying back to base. Largely because there is an inconsistency in what Hegseth has told the public and what appears to be the case. If this leg of the flight originated at Langley, that's a weird place for a training flight to start. The call sign PAT is weird for a training flight and indicates that it was a VIP flight. I think it's odd they would go to great lengths to tell the public this was a training flight with no VIPs if it turned out they'd just dropped off a VIP. If they are covering something up, that concerns me. It indicates that the VIP drop off (which is likely based on context) *is* relevant in some way, or may have been problematic (if the VIP was not a US official, for instance, but a family member or friend who probably shouldn't be using Army resources for that) on it's own.[/quote]

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