SAR - Mail on Sunday
If anyone saw the article in the mail on sunday about the government cutbacks (dont start!) to the military to cut Search and rescue crews from the army and privatise the system, and possibly sell off to bistows (who another thread says may be pulling out) or CHC helicopters - well a couple of questions:
1) To anyone in the know - How much harder would this make employment for civil UK commercial pilots looking for such a job? Wont a big company like CHC be able to easily recruit pilots for Search and rescue and put "wannabes" out of the Job?
2) To anyone who read the article dont you think this was a bit harsh: "A veteran RAF helicopter pilot said: when its a force 8 gale in the atlantic...this is not when you want some young pilot you have just trained up to be making decisions"
Im sorry but if this chap had his way - No young pilots would come through in this industry!
Many helicopter pilots tend to be the same - and as a young ATPL (H) trainee, I have tremendous respect for those in a job such as search and rescue, but that is just a real ARROGANT comment from someone in a place many of us would just love to be! I expect he came through the military and those with a similar view came through civil aviation?
MADY
(do NOT let this turn into a civil vs military thread)