Sam Waterston credited as playing...
Executive ADA Jack McCoy
- William T. Ottenberg: I was landing signal officer on the Minnesota. I was there when Blair trained for night landings. If they'd left it up to me, I wouldn't have qualified her.
- ADA Jamie Ross: Why not?
- William T. Ottenberg: She had five downs.
- Jack McCoy: Downs?
- William T. Ottenberg: Major mistakes. Everybody else, it's two downs and you're out.
- Jack McCoy: Two? They don't give you much leeway, do they?
- William T. Ottenberg: No, sir. You don't want a pilot who can't land the damn plane.
- Jack McCoy: Why'd they make an exception for Blair?
- William T. Ottenberg: They were under orders to qualify some female pilots ASAP. This stuff burns me up.
- ADA Jamie Ross: What? Qualifying female pilots?
- William T. Ottenberg: No, ma'am, qualifying bad pilots
- ADA Jamie Ross: She's that bad?
- William T. Ottenberg: She got better, but she's never gonna be an F-14 pilot. You think I'm wrong, listen to this.
- [presents a tape of communications between him and Blair during training]
- William T. Ottenberg: I kept it to cover my ass, and I'm glad I did.