Tinstaafl,
it COULD make the difference between life or death! Every village has their fire brigades JUST IN CASE a fire breaks out, but thank God they don't!
In the case above, it WAS a licenced field and you can believe there were a lot of questions to answer afterwards. They were lucky no body got hurt.... or worse! This case is often used in seminars for field owners and helpers as an example of what should not happen!
I really don't understand why anybody should be against it. Do you think that doing away with them would reduce the landing fees? And training flights are much more at risk.
Westy