which is why we demand such high standards on SAR.
Yep knew you would come good pretty quick, No risk at all is there.
Climbing mountains with limited visual reference, heard of that several times. What does the helicopter VFR say now? "Proceed at a speed commensurate with visibility"? or words to that effect. No problem, no risk, no need for thinking it's herioc or the extra mile, just part of the daily jungle.
Did just that the other day, cloud at 200 feet rain, rain and more rain, vis very short and in front of me, somewhere, is a dirty great power line that I must cross, with standing up and down sticks under it that reach at least eighty feet up. Big deal slow down, have a good look about.
I think the big diff here is that trangessing from wartime scernarios to peace time is difficult for some.
Battlefield commanders will know the statistics of attrition.
The PIC who has the best ability of calculated risk will often win -- and come home. He may not.
In peacetime the attrition is supposed to set at ZERO.. ZERO.
That means also the Risk is set at ZERO.
The only thing that is calculated is the competency, available equipment and a compatable flight plan forward, or it's no go.
cheers tet