I'm more interested to hear how it is going to work out for these pilots.
I have some, shall we say, personal experience with this type of event. In 2010, a formation of jets from my squadron performed what turned out to be a too-low altitude flyby of an NCAA football game.
USAF rules for flyovers say they have to be at a maximum of 300 knots and a minimum of 1000' over the stadium. As you can see from the video, these T-38s didn't quite that 1000' minimum. I believe the official investigation found they cleared the scoreboard by 58 feet, which was an overall altitude of somewhere around 200 feet. The FAA tapes showed they were doing something in the neighborhood of 400 knots when they crossed the stadium, too.
So, here's how it worked out for these pilots:
USAF leadership found that the four pilots in the formation had intentionally violated flight rules and recklessly operated their aircraft. Initially they tried to court-martial the flight leader, but he was all ready scheduled to separate from the Air Force so he negotiated an extremely stiff administrative punishment and turned in his military wings rather than face losing them in an additional court proceeding called a Flying Evaluation Board.
The three other pilots in the formation received what is essentially career-stunting (or ending) administrative punishment, as well as losing their qualifications as instructor pilots and having the AF-equivalent of a busted checkride "for cause" in their flying records.
Two pilots, who were the non-flying "safety observers" there in the stadium also received administrative punishment and lost their instructor qualifications because they neither waved-off the low pass, nor called back to report the somewhat flagrant violation to USAF leadership after it happened.
I don't know any of the particulars in the Charlotte A-10 situation, but I predict the AF will try its best to nail those pilots to the wall, even if there are innocent circumstances leading to the flyby.
Like I said, even sanctioned events......not worth it. Not at all. At best you break even, normally you lose. Even if you thought you did everything right, you'll get some idiot moron ass-covering O-5 or O-6 mil-sizing some youtube video looking for any way to hang you.
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