As a near weekly user of the airport, the prospect of incompetent firemen is about as alarming as incompetent pilots.
You couldn't make it up. Massive reputational damage to the airport.
Mercifully airport firemen don't have to do much but when they are called upon to do something, it has to be right 100% of the time.
What the hell was the point of the 'salute' anyway? Both ATL and VS have been at MAN for decades.
