Good point, Polkovnik … tho it was sorta mentioned glancingly in a few comments. I’ve uncovered pictures of her all dressed up in her Class A’s doing VIP duty in the white house. So that substantiates your position (and my own). Maybe that was the purpose for the recurrency flight that night?
In the USAF, the same problem occurs. They want every officer to train to ultimately be the Chief of Staff even pilots who don’t give a damn about such things. And they wonder why there’s a pilot / retention problem. I think it’s time for ALL of the military to reexamine this posture and do something about it. One commenter above moaned about all the “extra” jobs they expected the aviators to be doing; same problem / different flavor. In the end, there’s no way a low time pilot can retain their skills without sufficient flying time. Further – in THIS case – I’m sure she was nervous trying to pass her check ride?
Curious … what’s your position on a regular officer being evaluated by a Warrant officer? Is that a problem in the Army?