This, 100%.
I think the Cajun Navy and some others have done some good work but it is a super sucky move to take something that had good intent and turn it into a mission to wreck their own stuff. Total bullshit move.
Super limited areas acceptable to use as an LZ. Whoever coordinated that staging area was a dumb fuck for not partitioning off a dedicated spot for big birds to land and unload. They put an awful lot of people and supplies in an open field when they could have pushed most of that to the edge up and around trees to make room at the initial setup.
The freakin NCNG bird had supplies (I heard generators and consumables) and was simply trying to get it on the ground. If they fly over to the next ridge and unload where it is a super PITA for the workers to retrieve, they would have been shit on again for "purposefully making it difficult" or similar. Assholes sensationalizing any failure during an honest effort by others just to make their stroke their own hero complex is just being cunty.
I disagree with the grounding and review of the crew.
The NG is trying to generate as many sorties as possible with limited resources. Sidelining a capable crew that is in short supply just further limits their ability to respond. Their brass and governor had to do something for show just to appease the hell raising being posted over social media that was unfounded in the first place.
For sure. If I have to fight somebody else in order to assist, are they really on my side? Either way, they certainly aren't pure with their intentions.
@NCHillbilly, dude I don't think anyone is being flippant or joking about our brothers and sisters that are struggling just to make it another day in that area. If I was you, I would be totally pissed that some egotistical assholes are creating shit storms out of nothing just to stir up emotions at the cost of those struggling.
Would I be aggravated about supplies or equipment being blown around? Yes.
But, that was not intentional and it was done while actually trying to assist. So it was an accident and not a malicious act.
What
was a malicious act was posting video and spinning it out of context for their own cause. That is going to harm the effort to get assistance to those in need. THAT should piss you off.
