having no intention , if he could help it , of being deemed an experson which for someone of his rank would most likely mean facing a firing squad harvey had been weighing the respective merits of getting the co-pilot named an experson first , or losing him out of a door during flight ( there were ways to make it look like an accident ) , or taking the man to the backcountry and shooting him , or , rather less bloody an option , deserting the service and leaving the man to face the consequences of not having kept proper tabs on a fellow pilot .