"Grounding" in the way it is used in the news article is not what it means in reality. It would lead the not knowing out there to assume the entire S-92 Fleet had been taken out of service when it is just a single aircraft with some kind of Technical Fault which as any true Aviation Professional knows....is a normal standard common action.
Among the Union Rants was a complaint about how often that has taken place in the past on all types of helicopters causing some inconvenience to the flight schedules.
Here at Rotorheads we usually ascribe to a higher standard of accuracy than does the Media and hopefully we can remember to do that as there are plenty of Media folks that glean information from us. The least we can do is make sure they are getting accurate info when they do that.
Lord knows their proclaimed Experts rarely concern themselves with the truth and stick to saying whatever keeps their Retainer coming in each payday.
Last edited by SASless; 28th Aug 2013 at 21:29.