My initial comment was a civvi airline can do something that our military can't / won't. That's the joke.
Safety is the first consideration for everyone that straps an a/c to their backs, should never be any other way.
Not that it really matters but those trawlers never requested anything from the CG than to monitor their progress, one had no comms and was escorted in by another f/v. Waterford / Shannon and Sligo bases were given a heads up to plan for a possible tasking but were not tasked. As it turned out the furthest vessel was just shy of 200 nm. From EIKY this was outside the range of the S92 because of the headwind and severely reduced ground speed out. Time on scene would have been very short. JBM I get your point and this isn't a points scoring exercise. If a civvy a/c did an island medevac when the CG wouldn't / couldn't I'd be equally scathing, trust me.
As for the decision making process if a 139 was in Galway the other night with the poor conditions quoted by Brian there is obvious differences in what crews are willing to do. Without knowing the specifics of the weather it sounds like conditions would have been below what the CG could accept for such a tasking as a hems flight has far greater weather restrictions than for the same a/c on a SAR tasking.
Safety is the first consideration for everyone that straps an a/c to their backs, should never be any other way.
Not that it really matters but those trawlers never requested anything from the CG than to monitor their progress, one had no comms and was escorted in by another f/v. Waterford / Shannon and Sligo bases were given a heads up to plan for a possible tasking but were not tasked. As it turned out the furthest vessel was just shy of 200 nm. From EIKY this was outside the range of the S92 because of the headwind and severely reduced ground speed out. Time on scene would have been very short. JBM I get your point and this isn't a points scoring exercise. If a civvy a/c did an island medevac when the CG wouldn't / couldn't I'd be equally scathing, trust me.
As for the decision making process if a 139 was in Galway the other night with the poor conditions quoted by Brian there is obvious differences in what crews are willing to do. Without knowing the specifics of the weather it sounds like conditions would have been below what the CG could accept for such a tasking as a hems flight has far greater weather restrictions than for the same a/c on a SAR tasking.
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