Royal Canadian Air Force stepping in over pilot call signs after ‘egregious’ incident
Describing the call sign assigned on June 22 as “egregious,” Huddleston said the nickname and review board clearly crossed the line and “had nothing to do with esprit de corps, it had nothing to do with teamwork.”Yet he also said that he does not want to change the basic structure of such review boards, adding: “They’re still going to be social events, because it is about esprit de corps. … And I feel that it is still a tradition that we want to support, but with structure.
He also couldn’t say why Col. Colin Marks and Lt.-Col. Corey Mask, who were the senior officers in the room, didn’t intervene. Marks and Mask are also receiving a six-month “mentorship” to ensure they learn from their mistake, Huddleston said. The mentorship program falls under what the military has described as its “reintegration framework.” Launched earlier this year, the framework aims to help Armed Forces members learn from mistakes, rather than simply kicking them out.
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