robottxt Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 Potato cam footage. http://bc.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=415157 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinstar_ca Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 wow.... just like at car accidents when the public has the insane need to get close as possible... :stupid: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Jenner Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 I find title of the post to be inappropriate. There is nothing in the video that would suggest boaters were being harassed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinstar_ca Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 was probably the media description, Brian...we know how they always get it right!!! <_< 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over-Talk Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 This article has remarks from the person in the tube. I suspect the Kamloops Fire Center is asking whether the pilot really needed to dip that close....several times it seems. http://www.castanet.net/news/Central-Okanagan/120708/Close-encounter-with-chopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batiskaf Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 The pilot is doing his/her job professionally and safely. Boaters don't know s..t as to what safe is. No rules were broken here. Too many times did I see idiot boaters getting closer and closer to our dip. They increase unnecessary risks as pilots have to look out for those knuckleheads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R0T0R Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 When I dip and boater are too close to where I have been taking water I go somewhere else. The lake is big and has lots if shoreline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitestone Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 One thing I try to keep in mind these days is that almost everyone has a camera on their phone or some other video recording device and you never know when someone is going to make you the feature of their little video production. So, don't break the rules or stunt fly, etc. because inevitably it will end up on the 6 o'clock news or on the Internet. The pilot could probably have safely dipped within five feet of a boat but you have a lake full of vacationing boaters some of whom are "indulging" and want to record the festivities so it's best to stay away as R0T0R mentioned. Now that the media has gotten a hold of it, it's become a big deal and a huge safety issue and buddy filming it has gotten his five minutes of fame as well. I remember years back when a good friend of mine dumped a nice cold bucket of water on a friend of his who was driving his open cab tractor on his farm. Ah, the good old days... Nobody video recorded it, no one called the TV news, no TC investigation, no license suspension, etc., just a few laughs later at the BBQ. We live in different times now. One could argue too that what if he had a mechanical failure and had to put it down in the lake? Where would have have gone? Best to stay clear of the peanut gallery. I hope everyone is having a busy and safe summer, W. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoltar Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 One could argue that seeing the floaters and dipping,with "obstacles" in plain view, within auto-rotation distance of a shoreline and mini-beach is heaps better than dipping out amongst "indulging" power-boaters towing tubes and whatnot on your blindside…..Sensationalism of a non-event as far as I can tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoltar Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 The pilot is doing his/her job professionally and safely. Boaters don't know s..t as to what safe is. No rules were broken here. Too many times did I see idiot boaters getting closer and closer to our dip. They increase unnecessary risks as pilots have to look out for those knuckleheads Exactly. Better to dip with all "obstacles" in plain-sight than try and manoeuvre a 3200lb bucket away from an unseen,powered "obstacle" that darts in from the right side. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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