Agree, the CW2 was the more experienced aviator. Of course, not every Army helicopter pilot is a warrant officer; otherwise, who would be the commanders of the aviation companies, battalions, & brigades. I’ll guess her flight training & operational experience were delayed or interrupted by the WH aide assignment; not a good thing. Pretty obvious she exercised poor altitude control the other evening. Two hundred feet high is unacceptable. Will be interesting to see if the crew were using NVGs and how that might have affected lookout doctrine and basic flying performance.
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From the posted link, it appears she was a PR officer/pilot.