I dunno, Mike - I think that you can get to a resolution if you "nip it in the bud." Would the "fact found" have happened if there had been someone to present the other side? You don't need to poll the whole fleet. Rios' case was, "the tear slowed me down." Nobody was there to say, "no it didn't." So you get a potentially flawed "fact" that cannot be challenged. If it had been an open hearing, would someone else have said something?


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