Froggy,
Maybe they decided not fly off Ocean in the dark to avoid working with the shambolic crew in even more trying circumstances than normal. Know your limits 'n' all that. Using a Gazelle as a yard stick for Chinook ops......nice one, I remember that.
Oh and whoever said "we don't need two door sliders in the back of our cabs", neither do we. The forward door is an up-and-over affair and the ramp is an hydraulicky-uppy-downy drawbridge type thingy. Either way, there are no sliding doors.
