since we already have the Thunderbird's what purpose does this serve?There must be more to this story........................
“O’Malley alluded to Kotnik making mistakes but did not further elaborate on exactly what led to her being relieved of her duties. He said he hoped Kotnik will continue to serve the Air Force despite the incident.”
Sounds like on advice of counsel.
Wonder if she’s lawyered up yet.
Captain (O-3)?
Only out of aviator school for five years?
Seems awfully young for a job like this.
That didn’t take long
Blackface in middle school maybe?
Uh-oh.....somebody’s gonna get some grief. You can’t do that to a woman, FCOL......that’s misogyny......./s. Seriously, you gotta do what you gotta do if this woman was inept.
Maybe she ran her plane up on a reef.
That does it in the Navy.
Perhaps she demanded the cockpit be renamed?
But how are her ‘sandwich’ making skills?
A male pilot can have an affair and increase his macho quotient, but if a female does it with a married man, she faces a loss of confidence, uh huh, that’s the ticket. I really don’t give a damn who she is banging if she can fly a plane.
Possible it was a “Lt Kara Hultgreen” situation brewing and they wanted to nip it in the bud before the Airforce had that on their hands?
It was a PR nightmare for the Navy when that happened.
since we already have the Thunderbird's what purpose does this serve?Active Duty ping.
YES! And it took too darn long for it to happen!!
Google up:
Kara Hultgren Naval Aviator
She was most likely screwing or attempting to screw a man married to another woman, and there were text messages and other records proving it.
If she just wasn’t up to the job, she would have simply been reassigned somewhere else and there would be no “loss of confidence” in her ability to lead.
Despite the press release, she will be quietly separated from the USAF. With the huge shortage of Airline pilots someone will hire her.