Unfortunately the whole corporate intent of an organisation can be spoilt by the actions of a very few 'non-aligned' individuals in this game as in any other. For example...
Some months ago there was a fairly large-scale emergency services event 'somewhere in England' that included attendance by police, fire service, ambulance service, coastguards etc etc plus the local SAR helo. The organisation meetings went quite well, except that the SAR rep (one of the aircrew from the local unit) was regarded by most attendees as being fairly unco-operative - actually, the rep was described as being a procreating posterior cavity, or words to that effect.
On the day, the air ambulance, police helo and police mounted section were all in attendance. The SAR helo arrived via a thundering low flypast and landed straight off a wingover. Once shut down the crew asked for the 'VIP tent' (!) and left for the cafe in a coastguard vehicle with no
PR effort for all the assembled civvies at all other than referring to the police & air ambulance aircraft as 'toys'.
The organisers had arranged an RAF Falcons parachute drop, for which they had paid; it took some effort to convince the SAR crew that they would be unable to depart while the parachutes were in the air and that cancelling the drop (which had been clearly discussed in the meetings and NOTAM'd accordingly) was not viable. When they eventually departed - having significantly delayed the drop - the crew did so without any attempt to talk to their admiring public and, immediately after take-off, flew so low over the event that leaves fell from a nearby tree and many people reportedly ducked, thinking the aircraft had actually hit it. It made for some quite interesting photos!
No names, no pack drill, but very few emergency services professionals there were impressed and, sadly, it wouldn't surprise me if only 2 'toys' attend the next event...
The whole performance was a great shame because, for want of a bit of effort and thanks to an overdose of prima donna pills, SAR corporate Co-operation aims were set back quite significantly in this part of the world. Individuals all have their part to play, and trying to show off in front of others tends to be counterproductive.
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