Law & Order (TV Series)
Navy Blues (1997)
Sam Waterston: Executive ADA Jack McCoy
Quotes
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Jack McCoy : Statement or not, the facts are on our side.
D.A. Adam Schiff : Facts don't win cases.
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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.