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Old 28th Aug 2011, 21:49
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ShyTorque

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FH1100, Exactly, so I understood the post perfectly. SAS was mistaken, not I.

If profit and company competition is put before flight safety then accidents will happen. Simple enough. Like it or not, your system is some years behind Europe, we aren't whining about it. After a series of high profile nightflying accidents in UK the CAA put in place further legislation in an attempt to reduce them.

E.g. No single engined public transport at night. Police and EMS/AA deemed public transport. Unstabilised police aircraft legislated out of existence. All police base helipads to be lit to an acceptable standard by night etc.

None of it will prevent a crew having an accident if they really try hard though.
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