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Old 30th Apr 2014, 18:16
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You could have gone down the:-

"Thanks Guys, we were just doing our job. It is more sensible to use us as we were already on call so briefed, auth'd and ready for the shout with some better medical equipment and training on board, better comms kit for the man on the wire plus better knowledge of the suitable medical facilities.
The Junglies would have had to get a crew together, brief and start an uncocked Seaking so despite the extra distance, it made sense to use a dedicated SAR asset since we were available."

That would have put you in the "not a tw@t" bracket.

Instead you went down the "big yourself up for hovering next to a cathedral"


"Wow, look at that cathedral really moving around out there!!"

"Yes, It makes it really tricky with all that daylight getting in the way!"

"Those junglies would never cope! They can only hover in the dark on NVG whilst fast roping to heaving bridge wings with no visual references! Thank god the RAF hero was here to save the day"
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