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Old 22nd Feb 2011, 20:38
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Mad_Mark
 
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Siggie...
Numbers can seem impressive, however, I remember sitting on SAR at ISK with no serviceable A/C after several were declared 'S' at morning prayers.
Well those numbers are infinitely better than ours - it doesn't matter how many times you multiply 0 MPA you get nowhere near 19! Now crews don't need to worry about "sitting on SAR at ISK with no serviceable A/C after several were declared 'S' at morning prayers" as none are available to declare 'S' at morning prayers and no-one is holding SAR to worry about it.

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