Worth the wait?

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Am I seriously going to talk about each episode of Battlestar Galactica after it happens? Well, maybe not, but for now, it's looking that way. Hey, I spent the first three seasons on the outside looking in, so now that I can follow it in real time with everybody else, I'm gonna discuss. So, last week I lamented the fact that nothing much

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Actually, Helo was CAG after Starbuck "died" and while Apollo was grounded. This was during the time when he was also XO in Tigh's place, Mayor of Dogtown, and presumably Chief Cook and Bottle Washer as well.

At the risk of being extremely geeky, I found a lengthy discussion somewhere that in the U.S. Navy, the CAG doesn't even strictly need to be a pilot, just somebody who can carry out the administrative command duties, although it usually is a pilot. How this applies to Galactica, I don't particularly know. And although the only time we've seen Helo on a fighter was as Boomer's ECO, he's been seen in the pilot ready room, we know he's a wing leader from seeing the flight assignment board (after Kat died), and Apollo ordered him to fly to some checkpoint or other when he was distraught over Starbuck's death. So I think we can assume that Helo can fly something, possibly just a Raptor, but I wouldn't be too surprised if he could fly Vipers as well. Both Apollo and Starbuck have been shown flying both.

I did forget about Racetrack, though. Although...geekiness going to 11...BattlestarWiki says Racetrack primarily serves as ECO, even though she's a qualified Raptor pilot. No mention of Vipers.

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All I really know about Racetrack is she was playing strip poker (or the BSG equivalent) during Apollo's party.