You are quite correct Whirlygig, some of us need discipline once in a while
Thank you !
Please continue to contribute topcat, after all as I said earlier, we all learn from when things go right as much as when they go wrong and we all have something to learn from each other.
However, when you say "Someone less comitted might have been tempted to play safe and land in a field." I think you step on dodgy ground.
I am sure all of us in this business are comitted to provide the best service possible. When we get the life or death call (which is when a police helicopter undertakes a casevac role) and find ourselves in the position Wassatboing was in, we are probably high on fuel, working ad-hoc and in a grey area as far as the CAA are possibly concerned.
'Playing Safe' is the game we are in.
So, when we get the call, turn out for the job and play safe by landing in a nearby field as opposed to the centre of a town, after weighing up all the risks, please don't say we are not comitted.