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Old 18th Mar 2019, 07:14
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Many years ago I attended one of the early safety courses. It was apparent that that Frank was between a rock and a hard place. Before the R22, helicopters were too expensive for the average private pilot, and the ones that could afford were taught by mainly experienced ex military instructors. Suddenly, the R22 appeared and the users were low time pilots, training schools with low experience instructors, cattle herders, deer cullers and the like. This pretty much guaranteed a high accident rate and Frank was being sued left right and centre. The result was the safety courses and a blizzard of safety notices for survival of the company.
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