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Old 27th Feb 2006, 09:10
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scottishbeefer
 
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It'd be great to have everything on board, however...

Was talking to a man in the know a couple of months ago who reminded me that the (Mil) requirement is for a helicopter with a winch - period. Anything else is a (sensible) bonus, so all our EIEC trained crewies etc really hang by a budgetary thread. My answer to him was that there's not much point sending the expensive chopper if you merely bring back a body instead of a casualty. His reponse was they should count themselves lucky they get anything.

Merits in both arguments!
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