England privatizing at least some SAR ?

tribalelder · March 28, 2013, 02:11:31 PM

article from USA-

http://usat.ly/10eZYRI

It's about the prince losing his job in 2015 as the UK privatizes SAR.

sardak · March 28, 2013, 02:28:10 PM

Well, it's about time. We discussed this almost three years ago. http://captalk.net/index.php?topic=9877

Mike

Flying Pig · March 28, 2013, 03:22:23 PM

DArn..... looks like Prince William is done flying. Pretty difficult to be a pilot when you are non-deployable. Maybe he'll go be an instructor. At least SAR was a real world mission. Maybe he'll bail out of the royal family for an SIC slot with Bristow making $65K a year!

The Infamous Meerkat · March 28, 2013, 03:47:20 PM

I have to admit, it's pretty sad that they wouldn't let him go, it was really cool to see Prince Harry on Camp Bastion.

Flying Pig · March 28, 2013, 04:43:13 PM

MAN!!! Could you imagine if anything ever happened to that guy! I could care less about the royal family. The whole idea just makes me shake my head as an American but its important to them. Not to say that it wouldnt be cool to see or meet them.

JeffDG · March 28, 2013, 05:44:07 PM

Quote from: The Infamous Meerkat on March 28, 2013, 03:47:20 PM
I have to admit, it's pretty sad that they wouldn't let him go, it was really cool to see Prince Harry on Camp Bastion.

Harry's not near the top of the succession, and is soon to be bumped down another rung. William's #2

Flying Pig · March 28, 2013, 05:51:33 PM

We were talking about Prince William. Meerkat was just commenting that hes seen Harry before at Bastion

The Infamous Meerkat · March 28, 2013, 05:53:48 PM

That was never a question really, I knew why Harry was there. Still, it was pretty cool to hear some of our 53 pilots talk about being covered by him. It was just neat to know that the guy didn't have to do any of it, but he was still out there covering a sector like everyone else.

Naturally, if William were able to, I know he'd want to be out there.