Lightning Strike

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Never fails though, The machine is in the shop for months getting a 20,000 hour overhaul and gets whacked before it even get 100 hours on it .

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At least it's not a write off!

[downwash]

'407 too,' I haven't met anyone yet that actually likes the fact that so many of us rely on forest fires for our livelihood but, as long as the provinces insist on battling Mother Nature, there'll be helicopters used to help, and surely the folks that drive or fix them are every bit as entitled to the related income as someone who fells, yards or sells trees. Let's keep a realistic sense of proportion, eh? As the saying goes, "It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it!"

[407 too]

downwash, exactly true, but my post was not about using helicopters on fires

[downwash]

Sorry, 407 too. Doh! That noise you hear is me knocking my forehead on the desk because I don't know what you were writing about if it wasn't about helicopters fighting fire and pilots therefor wishing for said fires.

[407 too]

this is off topic, but i DO have to interject in the "light 'em up" mentality  :hide:

 

i know this is a make or break season for companies, but please be carefull what you wish for, it just might come true !!!

 

talk to the people who have lost everything due to wildfires, they will be greatful you tried to interject and put out the fires, but PLEASE do not wish for them

 

with the amount of beetle kill in the central interior of BC, most starts will be something of a major fire in no time flat.

 

there are many economically based forests around and workers and recreationists depend on them.

 

if you can direct the fires (cigars) to areas of non-concern then fly your guts out.

 

sorry for the rant 

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DOWNWASH, quoted post in case your mouse schroll wheel is broken, where do you read any complaints about helicopter use on fires ??

 

i actually made a comment as to endorsement of helicopter use !!

 

 

the only analogy i can think of, is a lawyer in view of an altercation(sp?), i don't care if he thinks in his mind, "good, i've witnessed this case, now i can defend it"

as opposed to yelling out loud "shoot him, shoot him"

 

don't you see any difference ??

[downwash]

Maybe it's just my getting more and more tired as the week progesses, '407 too,' but statements like:

 

"the "light 'em up" mentality"

 

"be carefull (sic) what you wish for, it just might come true"

 

"PLEASE do not wish for them"

 

and

 

"if you can direct the fires (cigars) to areas of non-concern then fly your guts out"

 

seem to me to be very much opposed to our wanting/needing to address the type of work that unfortunately has to be done. Admittedly, not all years are 'fire years,' but those don't do much for the crews and operators who have, rightly or wrongly, staked their existence on chasing fire.

 

And, yes, I guess I'm even thicker than usual, because your analogy completely fails to work for me, but thanks for the effort. Maybe this is one of those items on which we just have to agree to disagree.

 

Have a great weekend. Those of us waiting for fires will - because there just aren't any to speak of right now.

[407 too]

i'll buy you a beer anytime, downwash :up: :up: