Via Jabawocky: He was refused further participation, even in his own chopper.
How could they stop him using his own chopper for a search? Was the search area notamed restricted
While back, at the request of distraught relatives, i used me mustering chopper to have a look for a person lost in flood waters. The police concentrated their search where experience showed them to look and i and another chopper went looking where the relatives thought best. The family initiated search were not part of the police operation though the police gave us a briefing at the local station. This were in Queensland as well.
I'd better add that the relatives did not dis-agree with the police as such they just wanted more eye's looking over a larger area. From what i seen there were a lot of police and emergency people involved.
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