There was a meeting last year of interested parties: Pilots, Helicopter operators, Boat skippers etc. to look at Dacon scoops etc. The findings of this meeting have now been reviewed by BALPA big boys and a policy adopted that they don't think them a good idea. (Something along the lines of - rescue may be assured, but the number of limbs attached afterwards may not be). It is, however, a policy, not an instruction to their members not to fly.
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