Ottawa Citizen defence columnist David Pugliese posted this comment from a former Coast Guard employee on search and rescue. Interesting to see the quote from the Ocean Ranger inquiry report.
Some people like to quote selectively from it to suit their purposes. The helicopter basing discussion - the St. John’s base recommendation from the report was supposedly not implemented - is a classic example of an issue that was essentially invented by someone based entirely on a misrepresentation (deliberate or otherwise) of that report.
Pugliese’s correspondent offers a useful and possibly provocative perspective.
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