Bolkow Bill, I am glad I did not read that article because I would have burst a blood vessel me thinks.
That article IMHO looks rather libelous to me. If I was Eurocopter I would want some redress.
If I was Today's Pilot I would want a hole to hide in.
What makes me so sad is this industry is so small yet there is so much infighting and politics etc. it's just very disheartening. Why can we not all pull in the same direction?????
After all the cake is big enough.
Considering the distances involved normally for an Air Ambulance I can not see how the extra three knots can have any great affect on the outcome.
Funnily enough Germany from what I know only operate the MD 902 and the EC135 but they are known to use B222 for hospital transfers. That alone should say something.
The A109 as an Air Ambulance in this country is getting a very bad reputation (though I personally can not say whether it's justified but that is what I hear) because of the people running them and the job it's being tasked to do. They really should work on that.IMHO.
Think of the industry chaps.