It's the same in the Army - at least Army Aviation anyway. If your company has a Class A incident (greater than $1,000,000 in damage or loss of life limb or eyesight) no matter the reason, the company commander is toast. Maybe not a court martial, but a sufficiently bad OER (Officer Evaluation Report) that you might as well hang it up. As a UH-60 company commander, this sometimes keeps you awake at night.
I thought what the poster said about how if a junior officer makes a bad decision it is the fault of the Captain for either not training the junior officer sufficiently, or not putting someone who WAS trained sufficiently in the position to make the decision.
Look, I have trouble getting jobs that should be a cinch for me to get and I’m pretty sure it is because of some easily obtainable criminal records (misdemeanors) from 20 years ago. Responsibility: It's what that author called “Hard America”, it’s what makes our country great, and it, unfortunately, isn’t taught in schools these days.
My Dad used to lecture me about Responsibility all the time and I totally blew him off.