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  1. It's good that we are being honest. I've just gone through and re-read the thread and I'd like to explain myself. Your post, which initiated the thread drift on to air crew, included this statement: "PS, Health Minster David Clark is going to have a hard word with Air NZ, what a joke, I'd bitch slap that clown if he tried having a hard word with me. I'm sure Air NZ would run rings around him. He has no mandate..." I remember thinking that your statement was, apart from the gung-ho machismo side of things, pretty non-constructive. So, my comment was born out of frustration at t
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  2. Rant. You cant' keep your cake and eat it too. Some people screaming for the borders to open, other people screaming for them to shut and exclude even NZ citizens. Other people screaming that their rights are being removed and then crying for NZ citizens to essentially be incarcerated. Quarantine, and disease control is a very tricky business, and what we've learnt and are being shown is that in general half the population are below average intelligence. There will always be people in positions of authority that exceed their capability, be they politicians (on both sides), health au
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  3. I would have thought it would be fairly straight forward for air crew to stay in isolation in NZ and continue working on the long haul routes. I'm sure the air crew that are left are happy to have an actual job, and will make some sacrifices in order to keep said job and keep our country safe. There are some fairly simple fails, putting air crew up in a hotel that does not do room service, nor has an onsite restaurant... so air crew are going to expose themselves in LA whilst getting their breakfast. The only reason air crew need to be able to trans tasman one day and domestic the next is
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  4. Ah, an Oceanspan and a couple of Atalantas........ Only had one Atalanta on my first boat. Did have a similar haircut though!
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  5. hey good for you Geoff.. as much as DSC with GPS may not seem to be local....it will be. and it may well save your life. It really is less about shore based "rescue assets" than normal shipping. International shipping all now must run full dsc gps connected radios (VHF)... ...and if you are any distance off shore they are the ones who will be coming to help you in an emergency. They often (in my experience) no longer maintain a reasonable radio listening watch (due to the change in legal requirements with dsc radio) ...but if their alarm goes off ...all hell breaks lose......and yours , n
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