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Old 21st Jan 2013, 04:52
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Ascend Charlie
 
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Let people turn their own brains back on without having to be regulated and take some responsibility for themselves.
Sadly in this litigious society, some ambulance-chasing lawyer will sue the operator for not forcing the cameraman to wear safety gear and to attend courses such as HUET.

Plenty of responses have belittled the TV stations for the things that appear in the news, for which they dispatch the aerial news-gatherer. I have flown many a media group, and I was amazed by the effort I had to go through to get an approval to land on a suburban sports field, negotiate a flight plan with ATC and dodge various fixed-wing on finals for Mascot, only to find out that the crew was planning to interview some rockape football player. Waste of good resources.

But that is what the news director wants, a 5-second grab with a cauliflower-eared millionaire. Or a shot of a truck that rolled over.
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