Exceptions confirm the rule!!
And contrary to anyone who calls on a rescue service to bail him/her out, this man did not put anyone at risk or diverted any SAR units attention from other more "worthy" ventures.
He got stuck in a situation, he did not expect, but it was not endangering to anyone.
He learned something new, no harm done.
Then there is a possibility to advice anyone filing a flight plan that might run anywhere close to this place (which is unique enough to warrant this...) of this "no fuel" -policy. Stop 'em before they get there, this way there are NO excuses - real ones or lame ones.
Now what about the kayakers in the other thread, what the heck for would you want to go down a wild river in a little plastic shell?
Should they just leave them there,as a "policy"? To deter others from being "idiots"? They got the helicopter crew in a rather dangerous position (OGE hover over a wild river,....), but then thats what these guys do for a living.....
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