[Hon]

"If the records exonerate him, that leaves only questions on one issue outstanding: why was there no standard investigation for a pilot losing his flight status? Why didn't Bush take the physical?"

This has been explained hundreds on times. If you would do a Google on it, you'd see that it was standard procedure for people who were on their way out to just skip the bother of a physical.

It was very unlikely that Bush would ever fly again at that point for a number of reasons, not the least of which being that they were getting new planes and would not waste the money on training him, since he was slated to leave shortly.

[antiRepublicrat]

This has been explained hundreds on times. If you would do a Google on it, you'd see that it was standard procedure for people who were on their way out to just skip the bother of a physical.

Not a good explanation, as he was far from his out time. He didn't request to stop flying, he just missed his physical. There should have been some type of investigation, or at least questioning, for a pilot losing his flight status, especially in wartime. You don't have the government spend a million dollars to train you, and then just say "I don't feel like flying anymore." He had an obligation to fulfill, and he didn't do it.