tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4395009448595723532.post6710946143882273456..comments2024-02-25T10:14:38.642+00:00Comments on English Pensioner: Privatising Air-Sea Rescue Services.English Pensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15271488641341955140noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4395009448595723532.post-501743631362543922011-12-01T11:22:39.638+00:002011-12-01T11:22:39.638+00:00The RAF will still need to train SAR pilots for RA...The RAF will still need to train SAR pilots for RAF operations at home and abroad. SAR pilots are selected from existing RAF pilots because of the gruelling nature of the job. I don't believe there is any direct entry. They will still need SAR helicopters. SAR is effectively a military capacity which has an invaluable civilian component. <br />SARTU at RAF Valley may still be used to train civilian pilots, in the same way that it has trained foreign SAR pilots for foreign airforces.<br />But a cvilian pilot, however brave, will be subject to health and safety rules which could not apply to the military. <br />Its lucky the Government doesn't own the RNLI.<br />High risk rescue operations to make profits for private investors is not a good combination. Lives will be lost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com