Originally Posted by
soldier of fortune
yes -you will never find a finer bunch of hero's than the men from base camp-
"yeh guys-you want to do the phased A chks on the NG fleet-come on over we know you will do them for nothing"
when there is trouble around the port's -base camp's hand picked rapid reaction force will be there-just don't forget those knive's boy's so you can wedge them in deeper
Never let the truth get in the way of good old fashioned muck raking hey Soldier? The only guys from "base camp" (as you so eloquently put it) who have ventured west of the Alice recently, were in Perth to fix a rudder defect. Now this might seem somewhat unpalatable to you and a small gaggle of other like minded people, however the basic facts of the matter are as follows (I will be brief so as not to confuse you);
There are many tasks of a technical nature that many line station engineers are either unwilling or unable to tackle.
It is now and has allways been the norm for the "Base Camp" engineers to perform these taks where evr they may occur so they may be accomplished with a minimum of fuss.
These tasks crop up from time to time.
They always have and always will (airplanes break)
Don't sling mud at the Syd Base Guys, they were not transiting aircraft in lieu of Perth blokes.
Pull your head in.