[rabidralph]

I'll take your word for it because I do not have an inside track into the washout ratios. I just think it's rotten to politicize one death as proof that they're all unqualified or if they're flying, it's because of lowered standards. Lt. Hultgren could have been part of the regular "quota" of Class A mishaps that occur each year in naval aviation--nothing more, nothing less.

[Pukin Dog]

I never said that they were all unqualified. Can you read?

Lt. Hultgren was not qualified to wash a Tomcat, let alone fly one. That is a fact. She committed safety errors that would have gotten better men sent packing. She had multiple downs in the training command. Many NFO's refused to fly with her. Her death was tragic because she had no business in that airplane. The Tomcat is a difficult airplane under the best conditions. The Navy killed that girl, because they were under orders.