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Old 23rd Aug 2009, 11:12
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TukTuk BoomBoom
 
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well apart from the pressure and all the risk you guys are talking about dont forget the crew and the patient. Its not just your lives we are talking about.
If you bother to read the accident reports there are a whle lot of victims who never got a chance to voice their opinion of the risk.
Too many gung-ho pilots no matter how you spin it or what flowery language you use.
Boo hoo my boss pressured me to fly, i had poor training.....etc etc
Getting really sick of all the excuses in EMS as to why all on board were killed while flying at night in fog, at night low over a river, without a rad-alt, in marginal weather....
If you read the reports its just poor airmanship 80% of the time.
I feel bad for the paramedics and guys in the back.
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