 Been taken over?
In article <kTBUh.13951$M.13490@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
"Crash Lander" <here@there.com.za> wrote:
> "Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" <The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com> wrote in message
> news:xIudnWqR2eXwSr_bnZ2dnUVZ_g-dnZ2d@wideopenwest.com...
> > Yea, my brother and I were following a guy (and his kid) when his engine
> > quit and he went down. We hung around on our own since the they that went
> > down was in the middle of a swamp near the Canada / Alaska border and we
> > wanted to make sure they were found. We figgured it would be easier to
> > find him if there was someone overhead to direct (this was before all this
> > GPS stuff).
> >
> > ATC didn't ask us to stay. And we sure didn't get paid. But rules might be
> > different between the US and NZ.
>
> I'm in Australia. Mate, seeing an a/c go down in a swamp! You'd want to try
> and land somewhere close by and try and help them wouldn't you? Obviously
> too much risk for your own plane, but jeez, you'd feel helpless wouldn't
> you?
> Crash Lander
The law of the sea is that if another ship is in trouble, you do whatever
you can to help them. This doesn't translate too well to aircraft, but in
this case it does. If circling their location and guiding rescue personnel
to their location is all you can do, then that's what you should do. If
you're worrying about who's going to pay for your gas, you've got your head
screwed on backwards. |