Originally Posted by
wrench1
Interesting
side discussion. I wonder if this was a Public Use ops and who was overseeing the "piece-mealing" of parts and maintenance?
That sounds like politics to me. I don't know anything about their program or the history. But reading between the lines, the sheriff has probably been pushing for more funding, and maybe not just for helicopters. Politicians never waste an opportunity, especially a highly visible tragedy to get what they want. It's also of note that airbus just happens to have 2 helicopters on their hands that someone else backed out of, that I'm sure they want to unload. I'm sure they are in the same boat of not letting any tragedy go wasted.