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Cave and Mine Exploring => General Chatter => Topic started by: Robin Jones on Mar 26, 2013, 08:07 AM

Title: UK Search & Rescue Taken Over By Yanks
Post by: Robin Jones on Mar 26, 2013, 08:07 AM
A Very Sad day  :(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21934077 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21934077)

Think I'll give up walking in them hills!
Title: UK Search & Rescue Taken Over By Yanks
Post by: steven cross on Mar 26, 2013, 10:50 AM
we will be getting rescued on horses next  :(
Title: UK Search & Rescue Taken Over By Yanks
Post by: Ian A on Mar 26, 2013, 12:38 PM
[quote="steveturbo" post=16172]we will be getting rescued on horses next  :([/quote]

Can't, I thought we'd eaten all the horses ?   :ohmy:
Title: UK Search & Rescue Taken Over By Yanks
Post by: Danny Sutton on Mar 26, 2013, 06:24 PM
while the RAF have done a great job over the years, they just dont have the equipment or resources these days.

Bristow will invest millions into this and they do have years of experance in this field, they run search and rescue all over the world.

so S+R will now have the latest technology, more helicopters, years of experance and guess who'll be doing the actual job, yep, ex RAF pilots.

i see it as a win win situation.
Title: UK Search & Rescue Taken Over By Yanks
Post by: mike leahy on Mar 26, 2013, 06:24 PM
if the yanks have anything to do with it you will be charged for an air lift, might stop all those daft tw4ts walking in the hill with there stilletoes on( i only wear mine on a sat night)
Title: UK Search & Rescue Taken Over By Yanks
Post by: Robin Jones on Mar 26, 2013, 06:54 PM
There are talks of more job loses at Valley as a direct result of this though.  While I recognise Bristow may be world leaders in S&R, no-one knows the mountains of Snowdonia quite like the Valley lads.  It would be interesting to know the figures of job losses and redeployment within the RAF.
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