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Old 1st July 2008 | 19:13
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victor papa
 
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From: foot of a mountain
Crab, we do 2-3 flights a day and over weekends 1 can be a mountain and/ sea rescue in between transfers/mva's/etc. During the aircraft on ground time at base we have rescue and/or ambulance staff repacking and replenishing their jumpbags/rescue equipment/running out the hoist/checking the cargo slings/engineers rechecking all good/aircarft being washed after sea exposure or it's 2 daily wash. We have an aircraft landing, starting refuelling and replenishing and within 5 min after shutting down a different call comes. We need to do between flight, clean/sterilise and prepare aircraft for next mission. It may only be a Squirrel, but I would rather know eveybody checked everything before I select "Idle" than wondering later. Thus we decided to convince the clients to give us the extra time dependant on situation. Bare in mind our next flight can be anything from a mountain/ sea rescue to a 1.5hr/per leg trauma transfer. The platform can do it easily with propper planning and checking-isn't a couple of minutes worth it?
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