ref out of country operators for the fire seasons. the question needs to be asked how come Mcdermotts squeals like a stuck pig when HA gets a fire contract in qld but uses foreign registered machines in this country himself (therefore the money goes out of the country unlike at Helicopters Aus where the pilots and machines are aus reg), and doesn't seem to raise much of a protest when the big fella down the road brings in Canadian machines and pilots. MMMMMMMMM how does that work hey!
why not just leave the pilots to do their thing without campaigns that ultimately just degrade the whole industry and create a public perception (and yes its been brought into the public arena with radio interviews and the like by MCd), that theres something strange afoot when really the precedent was set years ago by that particular operator (and others) who used foregn reg and OWNED machines. some people should just pull their heads in ..have a nice day
