Forget AWOL. Focus on the missed flight physical & suspension from flying

[DemoTex]

Lt. Bu$h lost his qualification to fly an F-102 (or a Piper Cub, for that matter) when he failed to take his flight physical and was suspended from flying. This is the most salient point of Bu$h's sorry service record: WHY DID BU$H, ON HIS OWN, DECIDE NOT TO FLY ANYMORE AND INCUR A SUSPENSION FROM FLYING BY NOT MAINTAINING THE REQUIRED MEDICAL QUALIFICATION? This one point is the crux of all others. Why would TANG let him back in the unit if he were not qualified to fly? Why would AANG take him, even into a non-flying billet, given the fact that he had, de facto, disobeyed an order from a superior officer to take a flight physical? Submission to the flight physical, which is required of all pilots operating under the auspices and regulations of the USAF (as was TANG), IS NOT AN OPTION; IT IS A MANDATE. USAF REGS are about as inflexible and hard-core as it gets. Those regulations are not bent or broken without serious consequences. These are just about the only talking points you need on this subject. All others derive from the missed flight physical. Hammer Bu$h on the flight physical. The flight physical is the linchpin to nailing Bu$h on his pitiful TANG record.