............the article raises some interesting questions:
1.) why were they just wearing t-shirts? Doesn't exactly strike me as being prepared for something going wrong.
2.) obviously white-out is a common hazard in the Antartic. Had they adequately researched and prepared a course of action for this eventuality?
3.) The Times makes great play of the fact that Bodill did his rotary licence in a record six days. On the seventh day he did a conversion. Fifty-one hours flying it says, in seven days as well as fitting seven written exams and two flight tests in. Well, if what the journo has written is correct, that's over 7.2 hours flying per day, plus the exams. NOT THE BEST learning environment to leave a lasting foundation of skills from what I know of teaching people.
(I've edited a bit of a rant I had at the end of this, as reading it again, I thought it was less than objective, and I certainly do not mean to cause offence.) Just interested in peoples' opinions on the above.
