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Old 13th Sep 2013, 17:34
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Albert - the difference is the fact the NS have fare-paying passengers in the back who, quite rightly, demand levels of safety over and above what can be tolerated in the pursuit of a military goal or that required to save lives.

Gulibell's third-world approach to 'safe' operations is like so many things - it is behind the times because it is allowed to be whereas most first world operations actually have some regulation and safety standards applied to them.

I don't believe that there are a bunch of numpties in the NS who can't actually fly a helicopter or are too procedure-bound to use their captaincy and flying skills in the best interests of their passengers.

The operations in the NS clearly aren't perfect or the crashes wouldn't be happening but defining the root cause and therefore the solution seems to be problematical.

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