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Rumour on the streets has it that they are placing a great deal of time and expense into providing ongoing solutions to restore service. Are you willing to bring a fairly capable aircraft back into play and move things forward, or are you all too militant to attempt limited night ops. You have had crews in a LIMSAR S61 doing your job. Now the S92's up North and their lipstick drivers are on the way to do your job according to the MCA press office. The embarrassment alone should encourage you into going back to the LIMSAR ops that were in place at night, prior to the Portland crews coming on line and throwing their toys out the cot. Do you all have parties around at Mr Kirby’s house to cry about the good ole days with the 61 and how sh1t the new machine is?? He seems to be on TV every other week doing your bidding with you lot hiding under his coat.
No one has ever produced a perfect aircraft and systems tailored to a role, it will take some time to improve a new type in its new role. You are being unrealistic and unfair to your employer and the public. By not using you experience to move forward, develop SOP’s and safe procedures, to balance your aircraft crews remit of Risk Vs Task, you are doing all those working hard to make a success of Civilian SAR – Fail!
Even the most committed SAR-H team, (and even if was the MOD run by Crab@ himself) will not get it completely right straight away, if fact that will never happen. Too many variables, the last contract provider used 20+ years and nibbled away with on the S61 handing out improvements to keep the client sweet. Yet those aircraft were far from being as great as they could have! The same is true of the MOD Sea Kings.
Bitch slapping complete!
