Max the Mad Russian
Hands off Ukraine! Feet too
Randy you evidently had funny time on USNS - if the top funnell of the ship is painted in Ukranian flag, it couldn't be grim
BTW, here in CIS former military helo pilots are usually finding themselves in a kind of Emergency services - government ones as well as private. Once sitting in a Finnish A320 enroute from Helsinki to Moscow, I have read in a FinnAir's magazine that Scandinavian governments are seeking for private emergency contractors wrapped around rescue helicopters since if any person asking for emergency for medical reason is not surviving due to the late coming of med help, the related society is losing about 2 million euros as a taxes from this person's work for a living. If injured person survive but cannot work afterwards, society lost more than 3 million euros. They stated that this account is solid enough to have two to five ready medevac crews in every regional town, which means up to 20 helo pilots's jobs in this town. Comparable with regional lines, I think. Just my two cents.

BTW, here in CIS former military helo pilots are usually finding themselves in a kind of Emergency services - government ones as well as private. Once sitting in a Finnish A320 enroute from Helsinki to Moscow, I have read in a FinnAir's magazine that Scandinavian governments are seeking for private emergency contractors wrapped around rescue helicopters since if any person asking for emergency for medical reason is not surviving due to the late coming of med help, the related society is losing about 2 million euros as a taxes from this person's work for a living. If injured person survive but cannot work afterwards, society lost more than 3 million euros. They stated that this account is solid enough to have two to five ready medevac crews in every regional town, which means up to 20 helo pilots's jobs in this town. Comparable with regional lines, I think. Just my two cents.