VIP Culture denounced as cause of death in airborne death; in what other ways does the VIP culture impair the force?

Sir, a very tragic and preventable accident.
I believe this is the first time I've ever seen a shift away from the 'VIP Culture' in the Army and I'm happy to see it. I am dismayed that it has taken an even such as this to bring about this long overdue change.
Lt. Gen. Joseph Anderson has, in my opinion, made a very strong statement in his implementation of corrective actions. I certainly hope that those changes remain in place. There is no room for 'exceptions' for anyone in an area as dangerous as this. There is plenty of blame to go around, but after the fact helps no one. The important thing now is change going forward. His actions were not the typical 'knee jerk reaction' that we are used to seeing, but a very thoughtful, and enforceable plan of no exceptions to doing what is RIGHT.
Again.. I just wish it hadn't taken such a tragedy for this to happen.

I have no problem at all as a Jumpmaster with taking the Senior leadership to the side and conducting their pre-jump training on the DZ since their schedule often does not afford them the time to conduct it elsewhere, with the same lead time as the main element.

When it comes to airborne operations, The JM Team outranks everyone on the DZ. I will not ever compromise my integrity, since that could kill someone. If a CSM/GO wants to chew me out for making them go through a safety brief and pre-jump training, that's fine. I will respectfully inform them that it is required, and that's that.

I've scratched people from jumps before for pulling 'VIP' games on the DZ - I'll do it again.

Humility is a diminishing tenet.