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Old 6th Aug 2018, 13:19
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hihover
 
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If we can cut through all the willy waving and heroic, life-saving adventures from previous lives, I think we can agree that we all have some common thoughts...

1. Not a good idea to continue in weather like that, regardless of how we got there, it might be time to land or recover on instruments
2. It is absurd that any crew would have chosen or would have been sent to train in poor weather by choosing a fog-bound hill in Cumbria to negotiate
3. HEMS, Mil, Police, SAR, SF etc have a tough role, often faced with tough decisions to make...unless you were in the cockpit, at this point in time you have no cause to forecast what was going on when the decision to continue was made, therefore, it could be considered wise to stop spouting about the organisation, the crew quality, airmanship, the proximity of the ground or road, the choices he should have made etc etc.
4. Questions will be asked. It will not be swept under any carpet, however, the results may not be public domain, and the flight may well have been justified in that set of circumstances.
5. Whatever we do in this modern digital world is likely to be recorded, filmed, posted, criticised, published, criticised, dissected, and criticised by anyone and everyone, whether they are informed or not.

I'd like to think that we professionals can rise above criticising until we know. Then its open season.
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