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Old 21st Dec 2007, 09:05
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rockpecker
 
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In the holiday season, patrolling the coast is done by private operators, with privately owned helicopters, often volunteers helping out, there is no real government support. The Sikorsky's are on contract for the petroleum companies, they might help out in big crisis situations, but on the whole, the surf rescue operation is done with limited resources. Doing what they can, with what they have, and doing a good job considering everything. So, to get highly academic about twins and multicrew ops and training, is losing sight of the reality, those resources simply are not available.
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