Two air force officers who were handed reprimands and minor pay suspensions for failing to enforce the military's orders on preventing sexual misconduct will resume their posts, says the commander of the 1st Canadian Air Division.
Lt.-Col. Corey Mask, who was suspended last summer as commander of 409 Fighter Squadron in Cold Lake, Alta, has been reinstated, Maj.-Gen. Iain Huddleston told CBC News.
A disciplinary hearing last week saw both Mask and Marks reprimanded and fined for not intervening after a sexually inappropriate call sign was assigned to a junior pilot, who had just arrived following training. "I have confidence that both officers will work hard to be the change we want to see in the RCAF, having learned from this experience."
The sources, who spoke on background, alleged that the officer, a long-standing member of the fighter pilot community, was the instigator.Call sign nicknames are usually assigned to established pilots and aircrew weapons controllers. In this case, the sources said, a young, recently-arrived second lieutenant was singled out over a rumour that he'd had a sexual fling during training with another second lieutenant — a woman who was in a committed same-sex relationship.
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