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Old 17th Nov 2014, 18:57
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SuperF- they were under no pressure to land. They were there to transport an injured child, they could have hoisted him aboard as he was already in a rescue basket. They failed to complete their mission and disabled their aircraft for 48 hrs, while many better options were readily available- flat ground nearby, two gravel parking lots, a paved road, using the hoist and aborting the landing.

Vie sans frontieres (sic) Their pay comes out of my pocket. This is what they are supposed to be doing, it doesn't seem too much to expect them to choose a safe landing spot when so many were available. In the USA, we call that judgment. I was in the USAF, I would have been in a lot of trouble if I'd disabled my equipment for 48 hrs.
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