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Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Dec 2017, 19:30
Replies: 298
Views: 122,930
Posted By ShyTorque

I recall it being put forward as both. I said...

I recall it being put forward as both. I said here, that people had made a career by showing that money could be saved by using helicopters (to greatly reduce man hours used to carry out searches,...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Dec 2017, 19:18
Replies: 298
Views: 122,930
Posted By ShyTorque

Any of us with any inside knowledge of UK police...

Any of us with any inside knowledge of UK police aviation support knew that the NPAS plan could never work as efficiently as what existed before. In aviation, reducing assets can only result in a...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Nov 2017, 16:04
Replies: 298
Views: 122,930
Posted By ShyTorque

Is this another way of pointing the finger of...

Is this another way of pointing the finger of blame?
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Nov 2017, 15:44
Replies: 298
Views: 122,930
Posted By ShyTorque

Has a study been made into the money lost by NPAS...

Has a study been made into the money lost by NPAS by closing down aviation bases? The one I worked at wasn't finished until the late 1990s and has now been wasted.
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Oct 2017, 21:15
Replies: 298
Views: 122,930
Posted By ShyTorque

Hey look, someone could make themself a career...

Hey look, someone could make themself a career out of building an effective police aviation service....

...and around we go again!
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Apr 2017, 22:00
Replies: 298
Views: 122,930
Posted By ShyTorque

TFC, They will end it when they have proved...

TFC,

They will end it when they have proved (!) that police aviation doesn't work and is therefore a waste of money that can be dispensed with. Think of the savings! Think of the careers that will...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Apr 2017, 12:47
Replies: 298
Views: 122,930
Posted By ShyTorque

Didn't look like the hangar was finished last...

Didn't look like the hangar was finished last week when I flew over.
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Apr 2017, 21:14
Replies: 298
Views: 122,930
Posted By ShyTorque

MG, I'm sure all of us with any relevant...

MG, I'm sure all of us with any relevant experience will be saddened by those figures, but not at all surprised. What a complete mess.
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Apr 2017, 12:36
Replies: 298
Views: 122,930
Posted By ShyTorque

Jay has extremely sensitive hearing. He's...

Jay has extremely sensitive hearing. He's complaining about the noise over London but his location is S.E. Asia.
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Apr 2017, 19:58
Replies: 298
Views: 122,930
Posted By ShyTorque

Sloppy, sorry if that offends you. It's a long...

Sloppy, sorry if that offends you. It's a long story but been there, done the job. I loved it but couldn't live on the well below par salary paid at the time and refused to take a significant pay cut...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Apr 2017, 20:50
Replies: 298
Views: 122,930
Posted By ShyTorque

JS, you seem to be stuck on transmit. I too...

JS, you seem to be stuck on transmit.

I too was supportive of your views on the TCT thread, but not here; you are falling wide of the mark because of what appears to be a personal bias.

By your...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Apr 2017, 08:38
Replies: 298
Views: 122,930
Posted By ShyTorque

Strangely enough, before there were air...

Strangely enough, before there were air ambulances, police helicopters were often used for that purpose.
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Apr 2017, 22:11
Replies: 298
Views: 122,930
Posted By ShyTorque

JS, more than once you have written things that...

JS, more than once you have written things that seem to indicate that you prioritise the value of property over the value of human life. Hence the rebuttals.
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Apr 2017, 09:12
Replies: 298
Views: 122,930
Posted By ShyTorque

Duncan Sandys lives again!

Duncan Sandys lives again!
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Apr 2017, 19:52
Replies: 298
Views: 122,930
Posted By ShyTorque

Really? Is noise the real basis of your apparent...

Really? Is noise the real basis of your apparent total dislike of the service?

In any case, you missed the fact that I wasn't actually being serious. How do you expect a drone to get to an...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Apr 2017, 16:07
Replies: 298
Views: 122,930
Posted By ShyTorque

Maybe drones could be sent to medical incidents...

Maybe drones could be sent to medical incidents to send pictures to a control room. A controller could assess if it's worth sending a ground ambulance to attend.
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Apr 2017, 13:47
Replies: 298
Views: 122,930
Posted By ShyTorque

I'd agree that drones would be useful for some of...

I'd agree that drones would be useful for some of the relatively static and routine jobs, such as crowd surveillance. However, they aren't so suitable for dynamic policing because of the requirement...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Apr 2017, 11:33
Replies: 298
Views: 122,930
Posted By ShyTorque

Some who consider pursuing stolen vehicles a...

Some who consider pursuing stolen vehicles a waste of time and consider it a matter for insurance companies to deal with conveniently forget that the theft of a vehicle may be a lesser part of the...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Mar 2017, 07:24
Replies: 298
Views: 122,930
Posted By ShyTorque

"Border safety"? What is meant by that term? ...

"Border safety"? What is meant by that term?

Bearing in mind that drones need to be flown in line of sight, the effectiveness of their use will mainly depend on the operator being in the right...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Mar 2017, 22:28
Replies: 298
Views: 122,930
Posted By ShyTorque

I've now managed to answer my own question wrt to...

I've now managed to answer my own question wrt to weather limits. According to the flight manual for the chosen aircraft, it is not cleared for flight into known icing conditions, or at least wasn't...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Mar 2017, 17:13
Replies: 298
Views: 122,930
Posted By ShyTorque

With regard to the following quote from that...

With regard to the following quote from that document:



Some points to consider:

1. The only weather conditions (apart from very high wind speeds that would prevent a rotor start and would...
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