When I lived on the Fylde Coast, much of my formative love of all things rotary was built on watching the big red Dauphins of Bond fly over the house on their way in and out of the rigs from Blackpool. A superb sight and sound.
Not only a big dint in the safety record of the Morecambe Bay operation, but it is the massive family cost that just can't be comprehended. Having spent quite a bit of this year talking to bereaved families following road deaths, all I can say is if you know any of them, just be there for them. Don't wait for an invitation, just get round there and do what you can for them.
It makes it all the more bewildering in aviation these days when you look at its incredible safety record. I am really sorry to hear this news. There is always a tragedy this time of year, and doubtless this is it.
God bless guys. Both the pilots and pax were ordinary men doing extraordinary things.