If Apollo launches into a viper placed by a Cylon attack card and then uses Command, does the Training New Pilots penalty still apply?

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Under a strict reading of the step order, the unmanned vipers activate before the penalty applies, so the approach works. Some players want the penalty to apply at once, and there is no official ruling.

Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game

If Apollo launches into a viper placed by a Cylon attack card and then uses Command, does the Training New Pilots penalty still apply?