PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - European militaries only need one type of helicopter
Old 12th Dec 2016, 16:03
  #9 (permalink)  
tigerfish
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Bristol
Posts: 406
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts
I am afraid that politicians in general and especially those like Juncker, only look at the question from a cost viewpoint and never on how efficiently it will be possible to operate the machine.
To them a helicopter is something that flies but unlike a conventional aircraft it can take off vertically. Thats about the scope of their knowledge, and it is very compartmentalised. There is no understanding of varying roles, sizes and capabilities. To them its a helicopter and all helicopters are the same end of!

Politicians are very similar to accountants in that respect!

TF
tigerfish is offline