The_Squid

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So does the bible. Have you read it? "If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you ... Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die." -- Dt.13:6-10

Great question.... They should get rid of the need for this type of fundraising completely and reinstate the funding per vote model that Harper ruined.

So you're saying the Airbus plane couldn't have saved him.... interesting take with nothing to substantiate it.

Why wouldn't the new SAR planes be able to get to him?

Your siblings would show the same markers (%), as they come from the exact same lineage as you do. (assuming you all have the same parents, of course) Great present to yourself! Is this the National Geographic DNA testing?

So you're saying the C295W isn't a good plane for SAR in Canada? It will be worse than the Buffalo, which does a decent job of SAR (for an old plane) on the west coast ...? You seem very confused.

You're talking complete nonsense. The military can't be left to their own devices with a blank cheque to purchase whatever they wish. That would be asinine. Of course there will be oversight and of course it will be the government who does so. Who else is there? The military has proven itself to be extremely incompetent at even simple procurements. And you have admitted this plane will do the job... this is all about who is buying, not what they're buying. A totally partisan argument.

It's called a democracy... and not a military dictatorship. Civilian oversight is what happens in democracies.

If it's not lies, then it's stupidity. I showed you the last two PMs have said Merry Christmas.

Where did i quote Chrétien?

Apparently, you want children to die in a Sea King helicopter!

This is all just nonsensical whining... You admitted the plane meets the specs and can do the job. It will be a fine plane, even if it doesn't have the head room @Derek 2.0 thinks it should have. LOL

Certainly! And the Auditor General has been doing quite a good job. And DND alone should never be allowed to make these types of decisions. We would have out-of-control defence spending. They would buy a Cadillac SUV when a Jeep would do the same thing.

Not the same thing... This was a competitive bid and the winning plane meats all the criteria. The self-proclaimed experts here are simply CPC hacks who would have complained with whatever plane was selected.

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/rescue-required-canadas-searchandrescue-aircraft-program-03350/ Sounds like this plane will do just fine... It's unusual to see so many aviation experts on a forum like this... I had no idea we had so many engineers and pilots here! (SAR techs do not operate the aircraft Derek 2.0).

You said yourself this plane can do the job. If the Liberals had picked the other plane, you'd be complaining about that.

The Liberal government never set the specifications. You don't think aviation experts were consulted on the specifications for the plane?

Where did I say pilots?

This plane, and others, were on the short list because they all met the specifications that were determined to be necessary.

Stupid analogy. These are both modern, brand new, high-tech aircraft. To compare the Airbus to a pickup is asinine.

Yes. Very. They rescue people... they aren't aviation experts. This plane made the short list and will do the job very well.

Then this plane will be fine... cheaper AND will do the job. Win-win.

Then why should you have an opinion about SAR planes? You're not SAR. Shut up. I don't believe you.... what else do you pretend to be on the interwebs? SAR techs do not procure planes. Please tell us why these new planes are not suitable for SAR? They're better than the planes we currently have doing the same job and are used all over the world for the same duties.

Yes, yes... I'm sure you've pulled bodies from plane wreckage while your buddies were being shot at by the Taliban... You seem to have an amazing array of experiences. Saying we should buy the planes SAR techs and pilots want us to is absurd.