bodex
I know it's not about me. I would have liked to have seen
the flares but it wasn't that important to me. I've seen enough
and been in enough Hercs to satisfy my desires.
But what about the thousands of other people, kids et all who look
up to the RAAF, stood for an hour or two on the foreshore ?
As Jack said,
PR, especially positive
PR is part and parcel of selling
the services now, as it is with anything so to announce something
that was going to drag the general public out to see it and not deliver
is not acceptable nowadays.
The general public do not understand "technical issues", aircraft going U/S,
"subject to availability of the C-130J to conduct this task", and "may be cancelled at short notice".
An event to them that is advertised is expected to occur.