Has this ever happened before???
 

Just wondering if our Sar-Buoy chums have comment on this - and if its ever happened before.

Stranded pair refuse to be saved

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/w...st/4255802.stm

Perhaps they thought they were going to be taken straight to the Superdome.

adr

I'll get my coat.

Maybe they thought the chopper was a Merlin...

Or they had prior knowledge of the duty roster at Chivenor, saw that Crab@SAAvn was on for that day.:E

Tell you what. Let's up their Council Tax by 20%. When they refuse to pay (they sound like just sort of couple that would), then we can send them to jail!:*

Ar3eholes should be billed for that and......

should be admitted under the Mental Health Act 1983..........

A person suffering from a mental illness, who is either at risk from themselves or to the public, may be removed from a public place or thier home to a place of safety (usually a police station or a hospital) by a police officer.

They clearly were at risk from themselves and to the public (HMG and brave SAR Heroes:cool:) Mind you I guess that they were not that mad as they knew the tide would be going out in 6 hours!

It makes you wonder about people..... like the story of poor Johnny being rescued from boat and having jacket ripped by helicopter and parents sending bill for replacement jacket..50 pounds... to which SAR Flt Cdr sending bill back for 6,000 pounds minus said 50 Pounds!.....(sorry no pound sign on this Canadian puter!) .. surprise surprise no reply!:mad:

Hoist to crew winching over and OUT :ok:

To be fair to them, they never asked to be saved; someone else phoned for the chopper.

Tim

One has to ask why all these assets hung around when:-

a. the people had declined to be "rescued"
b. They were in no immediate danger and wanted to wait for the tide to go out.

People have a right to decline to be rescued although in this case rescue is not the right word - removed from an uncomfortable position is more like it. The nanny state is creeping into every thing. Let people make there own decisions. If HMCG were concerned that it may have escalated into a real rescue they could have left one person watching the couple and sent the rest home.

332M

ah but you can bet you balls to a barn dance that if they changed their minds after all the assets had poked off, the tabloids would have had a field day...