This post now looks a bit odd due to the previous thread it was responding to having been removed after the responce it received....
Its this kind of idiot mentality towards safety that make a difficult job that extra bit harder.
What a great little macho line that was. I hope their conscience haunts them for ever more.
And its this mentality that flows on through to other workmates, family and friends of those touting it. Simply because it is the big man attitude, I'm the hero calling the shots crap.
here are two quotes from the other fire bombing thread on here. Demonstrating how this pathetic attitude towards safety flow on.
decisions (for the fires surrounding Sydney anyway) were being made from Round Corner Dural upstairs HQ during the thick of the melee a few weeks ago. This from an involved family member...
note "involved family member"
and the clincher
and those moaning about being able to get into it early in the day with an aeroplane at that time would you like a cup of cement
People in positions of responsibility need to be active stamping out this behavior. Weeding out the pests that spread the disease.