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Originally Posted by andrewk_82
Just an update on my Brother's situation. The pilot has been given an official warning and has also spoken to and apologised to those that he sprayed.
By the way I did check and it was definately NOT just water that was sprayed on the drillers. The pilot got off pretty lightly as far as I'm concerned. I guess those affected figure its not worth the hassell of pursuing it any further.
I hope (probably in vain) that incidents like this do not occur in the future on either side (protestors to workers or worker to protestors) as it achieves little and effects those that are just doing their jobs.
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I hope your brother is okay, Andrew.
What a bloody stupid thing to do. What if someone had been allergic, or if it had triggered a fatal asthma attack? I would have thought you needed more than just a brainstem to pilot a plane, but obviously I'm wrong. If someone in a car did something similar then they should forfeit the right to drive, IMO. I'm pretty "zero tolerant" when it comes to things like that, I'm afraid, especially when it involves spinning blades and huge chunks of moving metal.
I know nothing about the law. Can your brother and the other workers initiate civil proceedings against the pilot?
Interesting can of worm that's been opened here, BTW. Just for the record, I'm fairly green myself, somewhere between pale and deep. Round about olive, maybe... Anyway, I'm one of those hypocrits who hates Gunns but uses their products.