And I plan to find some answers with some contacts later in the day.
First question is, who was she working for? This is a serious question since one particular Senatorial candidate owns a company that provides such firefighting services. That company doesn't have a very good rep among the firefighting personnel who have little say in who gets the federal contracts to engage in this service in concert with the government services who do the firefighting.
I was just talking about the issues and concerns with the company I'm thinking of with a friend who did business with that outfit, and all the other contractors, and has nothing positive to say about their business model, their lack of safety practices and treatment of employees. It's something of a business of scoundrels in certain areas, the air service fleets are usually private entities.
This is sad, I'll see what I can find out. The air crews for fighting fires out here is a small community and word travels fast.
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