"Mike Isaksen" wrote:
Unless the other 3 AF pilots file, the F16 jock will likely just get a
verbal dressdown only. Something like: "You f***ing idiot, next time
turn your f***ing transponder off".

With cameras (and other recording equipment) becoming more prevalent on
small aircraft that sort of so-called dressing-down may be self-defeating
for future encounters, as the likelyhood of incriminating evidence becomes
larger.

(And I presume actually turning the transponder off could be used to show
there was a clear intent to violate regs.)