UK SAR 2013 privatisation: the new thread
Jim, nothing in that Purdah document is relevant - shutting a SAR flight is not new policy or even vaguely political - the purdah is about avoiding political bias through advertising or patronage.
Sadly it must just be a complete lack of spine from someone in power.
Sadly it must just be a complete lack of spine from someone in power.
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http://m.thetelegram.com/Business/20...e-helicopter/1
Don't know why they're bothering. According to some, those push out windows aren't needed anyway.
Don't know why they're bothering. According to some, those push out windows aren't needed anyway.
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Jim, nothing in that Purdah document is relevant - shutting a SAR flight is not new policy or even vaguely political - the purdah is about avoiding political bias through advertising or patronage.
Sadly it must just be a complete lack of spine from someone in power.
Sadly it must just be a complete lack of spine from someone in power.
I agree.
(Let's hope recent reminders to serving personnel about the use of social media were designed to protect us from guys with machetes and not to protect the management.)
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The gap in SAR coverage between Dalcross and Humberside - was it just a little bit too much for the O&G industry safety managers?
North Sea search helicopters get £60m oil and gas pledge - BBC News
North Sea search helicopters get £60m oil and gas pledge - BBC News
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Looking like S-92 weather all week around here.
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Love this quote from the mum of one of the SAR boys about why the party had been cancelled....
“Maybe they feared they would slag off the new service but they wouldn’t do that, they are responsible human beings.
Maybe somebody should point her to Pprune......😉
“Maybe they feared they would slag off the new service but they wouldn’t do that, they are responsible human beings.
Maybe somebody should point her to Pprune......😉
"So you're moving to a new office?"
[Borrowed from Training 2005: Kintail Mountain Rescue Team in Wester Ross, Scotland.)
There are a lot of people in the training system and only two bases to staff. Nautical Twilight start/end: 05h 22m/21h 22m and getting better every day. Faced with the possibility of contract penalties and reputational damage, what do you think is going to happen?
Change-over is expected as planned.
Sea King past my house this morning!
Just before 0800 this morning the mighty Sea King roared past my house at speed and low level and looked like it was headed for the West Coast. Could it be on it's way to a job?
Welcome to the new era BUT overlap would appear to be in progress.
Keep calm and carry on.
Just a big thank you to all the military SAR boys and girls for "being there" over the years, and for the many lives you have saved. Thanks too, and a pat on the side, for the Seakings, and aeroplane that did a brilliant job as did the Wessex and Whirlwind in earlier years.
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Sea King past my house this morning!
Just before 0800 this morning the mighty Sea King roared past my house at speed and low level and looked like it was headed for the West Coast. Could it be on it's way to a job?
Just before 0800 this morning the mighty Sea King roared past my house at speed and low level and looked like it was headed for the West Coast. Could it be on it's way to a job?
S-92 heading south over Loch Ness. 1435h BST.
Confirmed on AIS track (MMSI 111232511).
Last edited by jimf671; 1st Apr 2015 at 22:36. Reason: New info.