Huey, that is as understandable an explanation of an incomprehensible situation as I have ever read.
There's much more to it, I suspect, but you took a damned good run at it. I think I've got a better handle on it than I had yesterday.
I didn't even LIKE some of the yahoos we flew with. A couple, I (and others) refused to fly with, for good reason. But if it came down to serious business, I'd have stood back-to-back with any of them and knew they'd stand with me.
Now BonBon, of course, didn't need any of that; he had eyes in the back of his haid. I knew I was okay if he was doing the driving.
Thanks,
Bob