Interesting
side discussion. I wonder if this was a Public Use ops and who was overseeing the "piece-mealing" of parts and maintenance?
As the agency mourns Monday's fatal crash of its air rescue helicopter, Sheriff Gregory Tony says it’s time for action. He said he met with the county’s mayor and assistant administrator Tuesday, and was assured the county would provide funding for two new helicopters.
“Fire rescue helicopter that we’re utilizing has been around since 1999, we’ve been piece-mealing parts for years to maintain the flight capability,” Tony said at that meeting.
“Listening back to my statements from June,” the sheriff said Tuesday, “You probably heard more of an awareness tone of, 'hey, we need to get this done,' because eventually the aircraft are not gonna be capable of flying and the risk factor of one falling out of the sky was too great, and now it’s happened.”