[cymbeline]

“... $30,000/ hour of pilot+chopper maintenance+fuel ...”

The money would be spent anyway on training exercises, so it’s not a monetary big deal. Deviating from the exercise’s plan, however, is iffy.

[Bikkuri]

"The money would be spent anyway on training exercises"

I don't even want to imagine the money they spent on me (1985-1995).
Definitely more than I can make in the last days of my life. (not counting when I switched branches)