My problem is not with the man, it’s with his type. I’ve been in the industry a looong time. Long enough to know how these two bit 'wannabe' operators discredit the industry as a whole. Entering into a Government contract to provide a service that simply wasn’t possible at the price. The fire season wasn’t kind to LifeFlight (..errr, a charity doing commercial work? Can you see where I’m going with this?) which was the final nail in the coffin. Then has the audacity to go cap in hand and beg for more government funds and appear in the media saying babies are suffering because of his gamble that didn’t pay off?
The likes of LifeFlight, Mr Chibbs in Warrnambool and other ‘fly by night wannbes’ who are fulfilling a personal ego trip rather than a sound business proposition, do a great disservice to our industry and need to be outed for what they are.