Isn't it interesting that the Military has sent out all types of aircraft, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in fuel to look for a missing millionaire who crashed his personal jet.
Wow! That is so great. When ever a child is lost in the woods, you 'might' get a police helicopter to assist with a search. I am so glad that hundreds of thousands of dollars, military resources and thousands of manhours are being used at the taxpayers expense.
Maybe the better solution would to be something like what happens when a child goes missing. Ask for volunteers who want to help, not forcing the taxpayers (and several hundred military pilots, air crews members, flight line and support personnel who get paid nearly nothing in wages) to 'volunteer', using millions(?) of dollars to search for an eccentric and (from what I have read) egocentric millionaire who takes personal risks on his own accord?
I have been in several of the 'volunteer' situations while on active duty. I was so happy to 'volunteer' my pay, time off, and resources. If you believe that, your a fool. Over and over I and shipmates were browbeat into 'giving' what ever we could. It was appalling how we were treated over and over. If you didn't 'give', you were punished by our 'superior officers' for standing up for what was proper. Maybe it is just me, but the 'class (warefare) standard' is fully in effect again.
National Guard C-130s and helicopters with infrared and thermal imaging equipment scoured the soaring peaks and sagebrush desert of northwest Nevada early Thursday for any sign of missing adventurist Steve Fossett.
Sorry, but it just pisses me off when I see hundreds of military personnel being 'volunteered' to do the right thing, for the wrong reason.
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