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helicopterjim said:
We thought they were crazy ....... turns out it was worse than crazy.
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Blimey Jim. Sounds like they were a bit too keen to get the job done. Enthusiasm is good, but not so good if the risk becomes unmanageable.

I hope you're not heading for trouble yourself by publicly expressing an opinion. The people sitting behind desks in government offices don't seem to like folks pre-empting the official crash investigation. Not that there's much they can do to you other than expressing their displeasure.
 
Dellortoman said:
I hope you're not heading for trouble yourself by publicly expressing an opinion. The people sitting behind desks in government offices don't seem to like folks pre-empting the official crash investigation. Not that there's much they can do to you other than expressing their displeasure.
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Fuck 'em. Send me home ya cunts.

No ...... we had a safety meeting this morning and myself and many others addressed the "elefant in the room". I  am a firm advocate of saying "there must be another way ..... a better way ..... a safer way" However .....  the spin on this one by the powers that be will just turn it into three heroes ...... who shouldn't have been there ...... and had the power to change that but chose to take the mission ...... and then the truth will be buried.

Sorry ...... I'm pissed at the whole deal.

Jim
 
Believe a 'Bird Dog' is a light aircraft that flies in front of the heavies as a guide. Seen them operating that way over the Adelaide Hills. For us firies in South Aus our greatest friend in the sky are the Sky Tractors, been dumped on by them many a time :D
 
Pretty amazing to hear your take on this tragedy Jim. As soon as I heard about the accident I thought of you, especially the Canadian connection.
I wasn?t sure from your post whether it was the pilots who made the decision to fly or if they were ?instructed? to do so?
Makes absolutely no sense for lives to be lost.
 
Legs said:
Believe a 'Bird Dog' is a light aircraft that flies in front of the heavies as a guide. Seen them operating that way over the Adelaide Hills. For us firies in South Aus our greatest friend in the sky are the Sky Tractors, been dumped on by them many a time :D
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Spot on ...... good bunch they are too! We work well together here at Cooma and lately we have had the DC-10's here too. Fucking amazing they are. I will have to put some videos on utube and share them here!

Have been working with the firies a lot lately ....... kind of fun to dribble along the line with 3000 litres and see how much fire I can put out with one bucket!

Jim
 
I caught your vid of the plane dumping retardant over the fire on insta Jim, great stuff .
there must be a shit load of good footage out there from everyone involved.
 
Phew. I was chopping up a dead tree and stacking it for winter firewood, but had to call it quits because the sweat was starting to sting my eyes. Thermometer just passed 30C on the way up to an expected 40C. That's a stupidly hot temperature for Hobart. Our idiot Prime Minister still doesn't think climate change is an issue.
 
Dellortoman said:
Phew. I was chopping up a dead tree and stacking it for winter firewood,
expected 40C. That's a stupidly hot temperature for Hobart. Our idiot Prime Minister still doesn't think climate change is an issue.
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??? I don't understand .................. if you are convinced climate change is heating things up, why cut firewood for winter?


 
And there I was thinking fossil fuels were renewable, it just takes a few million years some massive pressure and the raw ingredients. My turn to be a smart arse.
 
Dellortoman said:
Unlike fossil fuels, burning firewood is carbon neutral. It's a renewable resource.
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I was thinking you could have 25c winters from now on. No fire wood required.
But Paul reckons the winters will be colder...... keep cutting.
 
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