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Old 4th Jun 2021, 01:45
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Originally Posted by NaFenn
Realistically having a fire brigade to respond to less than 5 incidents a year is pointless when there is a career fire station within 10 minutes of every metro class D airport. The cost involved alone, and the increase in airport fees to cover such a rarely used service would well and truley outweight the 10 minutes saved.
Unless you have experienced sitting in a burning aircraft for 10 more minutes. I wonder how much a human life is worth in order to calculate the value of the services.
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