Screaming nutters?
As uninformed as the masses may be about the subtle detail of Search and Rescue, what they have plenty of experience of is seeing a previously nationalised service or industry falling into private hands and shortly thereafter, experiencing a notable shift in what is output and/or what they have to fork out for the service - think electricity, think gas. In some examples, previously nationalised services such as British Rail were hardly models of efficiency yet is the general public overwhelmingly satisfied with the profit-driven companies that have replaced BR? I think not.
Is it therefore any surprise that when the public is informed of the privatisation of services that are considered by many to be world-leading examples of the craft, they respond unfavourably?
Last edited by onesquaremetre; 19th Feb 2013 at 22:20.