As an X Navy man most of the aircrew I met were stand up guys/gals who just wanted to get the job done but I was never sure whether to be in awe, or disgusted with at the chutzpah of some aircrew. I usually settled for an amused sigh. My one "win" on this one was with the helicopter support on a domestic flood assistance op. I was informed that the helicopter was u/s and the crew was going to stand down until a repair crew could be flown in the next day. Excellent I said all the crew can report to my PO for sand bag filling duty. Amazingly about 10 minutes later I was informed that the helicopter could do one more flight to the Air Force base for repairs. Sorry I said no can do as I talked to the OTC and he is not going to take the risk, we will wait for the repair crew tomorrow.....and thanks for helping the lads with those sandbags.
