Pilot flying Helene rescue missions in NC threatened with arrest

Re:Pilot flying Helene rescue missions in NC threatened with... by _djo_ on Friday October 04, 2024 @04:26AM (#41739117)

There is an organisation, the Carolina Emergency Response Team, that's coordinating private helicopters for the response. That's who he should've approached from the start, and according to the article he's flying for them now.

There are plenty of military helicopters, but in several areas the available landing zones aren't large enough, which is why the CERT is coordinating small private helicopters.

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Re:Pilot flying Helene rescue missions in NC threatened with... by fleabagmange on Friday October 04, 2024 @05:17AM (#41739453)

You’re saying this well after the fact. This incident occurred in the immediate after math of the storm when these fancy government agencies were still asleep at the wheel.

I myself had to ignore all the usual “stay off the road, don’t drive under or over downed trees and power lines” to get relatives out of Asheville.

In times of crises, these rules, however well intentioned, are just suggestions. If you understand why the rules are there, how to safely inform them, and need to break them, break them.

Sometimes there just isn’t a bull on the other side of Chesterton’s fence no matter how much people might think there is.

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