It’s a shame what happened, but at the same time it’s a shame how the misguided actions of a guy (who didn’t do anything stupider than what a few thousand other guys have done over the last century…some of which got away with it, some who didn’t) have provided a bunch of internet voyeurs (most of which couldn’t fly if they wanted to…and wouldn’t have the nerve to be a military pilot) an opportunity to stress their smug superiority.
Yes, what he did was wrong…a terrible lack of judgement that others…his crew and their families paid a terrible price for. But he too paid a price, as did his family I’m I’m not sure being the object of continued internet scorn is terribly productive.
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Having read the report many years ago and the way they use this as a teaching tool of how things go wrong,the attitude and arrogance of the pilot is a bit more than “misguided”.Any other walk of life and it would be manslaughter/murder.
Have a read of this ,it is horrifying http://sbfpd.org/uploads/3/0/9/6/3096011/darker_shades_of_blue.pdf

“”What’s the deal with this guy?” Captain Bill Kramer asked, indicating a car conspicuously
parked in the center of the red-curbed “No Parking” zone adjacent to the wing headquarters
building. It was a short walk from the HQ building, commonly referred to as The White House,
to the parking lot where they had left their own vehicles while attending the briefing on the
upcoming airshow. As they passed the illegally-parked car and then the various “reserved”
spaces for the wing and operations group commanders, Lt Col Winslow turned to Captain
Kramer, and replied, “That’s Bud’s car. He always parks there.” After a few more steps the
Captain inquired, “How does he get away with that?” The Lieutenant Colonel reflected for a
moment and responded, “I don’t know–he just does.”