Have not heard a thing, even through the "fire world" grapevine.
Maybe someone closer could answer some questions for me. Is it typical to fly with 6 firefighters on board in Spain?
Here in the US I fly initial helitack with an L4. With fuel for 90 minutes, bucket, longline etc we only have enough weight left for 3 firefighters with gear. (Admittedly, I have to keep it somewhat light in that our operations go upto 8,500 ft with typical temps of 25C.) During the "sea level" portion of my contract, we fly with just under 3 hours of fuel, but still only 3 firefighters. We just do not have any more room in the aircraft for more.
When doing a crew shuttle, we will put fup to five firefighters on board, but at this point we will not have the bucket on board, again most of our people are not small and would not even fit in the rear middle seat.