WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

The Surf Lifesaver Helicopter was "performing operations 1000ft over Bunbury" , as they kept telling other aircraft, hovering over the same spot for almost an hour this afternoon.

If that's the same chopper mentioned on ABC local radio, it was monitoring traffic flows.

WPXZBP wrote:If that's the same chopper mentioned on ABC local radio, it was monitoring traffic flows.

Funny you should say that. I almost did a U turn and take a photo of something else I saw at the same time. There was a guy in a elevated working platform (otherwise generally known as a cherry picker) video taping the traffic, which I thought was strange. I have seen the 4WD's with their camera up a telescopic mast monitoring traffic but never a bloke up a EWP with a camera.

Probably the same chopper.

How long have we had that in WA

Is this the one that replaced the ECU patrols, and works gentleman's hours

AO11912 wrote:How long have we had that in WA

Is this the one that replaced the ECU patrols, and works gentleman's hours

yep... and yep

replaces 8 hours a day, 7 days a week - with 2 hours a day, 3 times a week. Guess who doesn't like it

Nafenn wrote:

AO11912 wrote:How long have we had that in WA

Is this the one that replaced the ECU patrols, and works gentleman's hours

yep... and yep

replaces 8 hours a day, 7 days a week - with 2 hours a day, 3 times a week. Guess who doesn't like it

Also has time for traffic spotting, what a waste of money

I think you'll find that at those times of the year when the patrols aren't happening (i.e, the non-summer months) the helicopter goes back into the operator's fleet, available for charter like all their other aircraft.