The point is that governments should be paying what is required to justify the purchase of the necessary equipment and the necessary training so that whowever gets the contract can do it properly.
Obviously they do not.
Obviously they do, if Pel-Air have purchased brand new B200's for the Victorian Air Ambulance contract.
And obviously they do if RFDS is making enough to put back whatever they make from these contracts, into their traditional work.
Even if RFDS does benefit from donations from the Australian public Bushy, what's wrong with them putting it back into the community in the form of new aircraft, new medical equipment etc., that the Australian public can benefit from. I don't think we'll see Pel-Air doing that outside of what they're required to do in Victoria.
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