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Old 21st Jan 2014, 08:47
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ShyTorque

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SAS, as is increasingly often the case these days, your ire against how "the Brits don't want to hear it" is largely unwarranted.

You seem to have forgotten the many previous discussions on this forum regarding safety issues surrounding the wisdom of allowing single pilot "mercy missions" by commercial enterprise in outdated, often unstabilised, VFR only machines, night and day, in the face of CFIT accidents on your home side of the pond.

That type of operation was legislated out in UK years ago after a safety review following similar accidents. You often complained about what you claim to be over-regulation by the CAA in this respect. Your argument has been that this must continue to be allowed in the USA, on the basis that financial / commercial constraints are paramount. You can't have it both ways, old chap!

We all know it's an imperfect world, especially when the funds and resources in general are constantly shrinking. Unfortunately the suit must be cut according to the cloth.
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