The airport must go!

“Why do they have to keep flying circles right over the airport?” I have been asked more times than I can count. Let’s look at this from the perspective of a helicopter pilot, shall we? Being pretty low to the ground and slower, we can cause a lot more noise than our fixed wing counter parts and therefore get targeted a lot more often by enraged airport opposition.

What people seem to forget is what the helicopter mainly is used for, to go when no other machine can or will. Of course there are applications such as tours and news and the occasional VIP aircraft but in general these things are so expensive that they only get utilized when nothing else will work. They fight fires, rescue mountain climbers, pick up people from the scene of a bad car crash, pull them out of floods (remember how many of them were used after Katrina). They transport organs, burn victims, trauma victims and kids from hospital to hospital, and supplies and medicine out to remote places. The list goes on.

And how do all these pilots start their careers?

That’s right, by “flying circles” right over the airport!

Anywhooo….

I could really get into this in depth if you guys are interested but we are also here for fun and I don’t need to convince the enthusiasts here on our website but feel free to write me an email or talk about it in our forum if you want to see me ramble on longer or if you have constructive criticism and/or input.

Here’s an extra comic for you guys!