Search and Rescue - Lasers and Signaling Devices

[Diver below 83]

Well that is beyond retarded. Wait till the press, and every other person hears of this incident and the person actually trying to be rescued dies because of this. Rightly so, it'll be a feeding frenzy on that crew.

Do you even listen to the things you people post regarding this stuff?!

A million percent this. Considering lasers are accepted by US law for distress and SAR the actual crew that ignored the laser would be hung out to dry. Especially if they tried to use the excuse of even though it’s legal to use the laser “I chose” to ignore it and the person died.

 

[Hoag]

Well that is beyond retarded. Wait till the press, and every other person hears of this incident and the person actually trying to be rescued dies because of this. Rightly so, it'll be a feeding frenzy on that crew.

Do you even listen to the things you people post regarding this stuff?!

I will assume that you have had the Rescue Diver course. One of the things that is stressed over and over again is that you NEVER put the rescuer at risk and potentially increase the number of people needing to be rescued, so yes. I would protect my crew.

 

[tursiops]

I will assume that you have had the Rescue Diver course. One of the things that is stressed over and over again is that you NEVER put the rescuer at risk and potentially increase the number of people needing to be rescued, so yes. I would protect my crew.

That worked out pretty well for the Thai Cave Rescue, didn't it.

 

[Diver below 83]

I will assume that you have had the Rescue Diver course. One of the things that is stressed over and over again is that you NEVER put the rescuer at risk and potentially increase the number of people needing to be rescued, so yes. I would protect my crew.

So you would blatantly disregard the fact that lasers are accepted for use during distress and SAR? If the crew is properly trained they would know lasers are accepted for these types of uses. Hence searching an ocean and they see a random laser where one shouldn’t be they investigate the source.

 

[chillyinCanada]

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[Hoag]

That worked out pretty well for the Thai Cave Rescue, didn't it.

Remind me what aircraft the Thai rescuers were in when they were lased.

Oh wait, never mind, you are attempting to draw a parallel with a totally different situation.

 

[tursiops]

Remind me what aircraft the Thai rescuers were in when they were lased.

Oh wait, never mind, you are attempting to draw a parallel with a totally different situation.

LOL. You were talking about Rescue class, and not endangering the rescuers. Right?

 

[wgw04024]

Tursiops I think is saying that they didn't follow the 'don't risk a rescurer' moto during the thai kid rescue. They risked and lost life saving them. Trying to make a case that a laser 'flash' is somehow more risky than what those folks did is pretty irrational, especially since none of you can give us one single example of when the laser caused an accident.

 

[JXT71]

Some of you guys have missed the point so badly, I can't believe I was ever convinced you'd even be able to flag an aircraft with a laser. You'd probably hold it backward and blind yourself.

 

[wgw04024]

Enlighten us with the point?