What mistakes? This was by the book. I guess you might say he made a mistake by getting out of bed that morning.
John Valentine, you and I are just sad, forgiving souls who will never know what it means to have...The Right Stuff.
The facts are there for all to to see. The pilot broke an arrestor cable during landing, didn’t have his revs up when he obviously should have (as _anyone_ would have) and the schmuck lost his ride. See, he didn’t have what it _really_ takes to be a Naval Aviator. He simply didn’t have...The Right Stuff.
/s ;-) :-D