Useless chopper pilots.
Everywhere else in the world, pilots fly at night and in adverse weather conditions with no problem or issue in order to allow crews to be changed out on time, workers to get home to their families and boozehounds to get back onshore to go to the pub/slip a girl a length.
Not in Victoria.
Just been bumped from tonight's flight home because apparently the pilots can't land at our usual airport (which is where our cars are) in the dark and instead have to divert back to their home base 2 and a half hours away (by car).
I've had issues with these softcocks before. Not flying guys home because the visibility was 'a bit sketchy'. It was perfectly bloody fine!!! a bit of rain and low cloud but you could still see a couple of KM away and tonight's excuse is just an absolute peach. The airport has a massive runway that is easy to spot (with no active conveyor belt to cause any problems). There are lights at the heliport. It is in the middle of nowhere with nothing around it to cause any confusion. The pilots are flying a f***ing HELICOPTER for crying out loud! You can land them bloody anywhere!!
Ah well. looks like tonights entertainment is once more going to be a cup of milo and a quick tug in the shower.