I spent my time on 72 ,Puma and Wessex and many a time flying a lot . This accident has shocked me especially what happened as a result of that , but please dont take away the skills of the crew. We had a near miss out of Stanta many years back and to this day you look to the big aviator in the sky and thank him I am still here. This is of no help to people involved but in my best defence does anyone go out to hurt anyone. If god wanted to make us fly we would have gave us wings.
The Helicopter fleet does more than most, its easy to blame somebody than to say well done , the crew of the Puma did not go out to hurt anyone , its one of the tragic gone wrong things. If time could be changed I would be the first to sign up for it but it cant .
I am proud to fly with some of the best trained aviators in the world , sometimes you just have a bad day but dont take away there passion for what they do best.