Originally Posted by southside
Good story but once again this shows why we should keep a military SAR capibility, These fellas stuck their necks on the line in the $hittie$t conditions and all for a bloke with a knackered ankle. I'd like to see the Eric's have a go at that one.
I'd like to meet the cats eyes winchman who noticed ice on the blades but as the journo says, never let the truth get in the way of a good dit.
Good on ya fellas, Good work and I hope the bar was open when you got back home.
Surely the most important thing for a SAR captain is knowing when to say no? Ultimately they were sensible to land and shut down, but to quote this as a case of why we need military SAR is not logical Mr Spock.
The "Erics" at Stornoway do overland SAR in the mountains, but most of the MCA's SAR work is maritime, otherwise the MCA would not be called the MCA - the clue is in the title
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