Very few things make one realize the importance of a task than being up on the LifeFlight Helipad, in FlightCom. I was there to effect seemingly minor repairs for a computer when all hell broke loose
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What's the British saying? "We also serve, who cook and clean?"
It's like anything; you're keeping the infrastructure in place so that the people who go and do the 'glamorous' things can do those things. The pilots can't, come down to cases, go pluck a shattered body from a scene of trauma without a whole support structure that goes all the way to the guy who fuels the chopper, the girl who washes the windows, and all the rest of it.
Computers are crucial these days. Computers don't 'rule' our lives, but the human race has become, in part, a symbiont. Without computers, we can't live our lives the way we expect to, and by now this goes from simulating complex theoretical physics to ordering a Big Mac.
It's good to see some validation, though -- you know you're not just making sure people can safely play Solitaire and download porn (or create powerpoint presentations for meetings and reply-to-all to emails).
You know, we complain about our AirMed folks all the time. They're really hard on the PCs and having to trudge out to some of the remote airbases is a pain in the butt. But you can be damn sure if I needed medical flight, I'd want those guys on the job. And keeping their ops running on the ground is an important part of that.
Glad you got to make a difference and see them in operation too.
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It's like anything; you're keeping the infrastructure in place so that the people who go and do the 'glamorous' things can do those things. The pilots can't, come down to cases, go pluck a shattered body from a scene of trauma without a whole support structure that goes all the way to the guy who fuels the chopper, the girl who washes the windows, and all the rest of it.
Computers are crucial these days. Computers don't 'rule' our lives, but the human race has become, in part, a symbiont. Without computers, we can't live our lives the way we expect to, and by now this goes from simulating complex theoretical physics to ordering a Big Mac.
It's good to see some validation, though -- you know you're not just making sure people can safely play Solitaire and download porn (or create powerpoint presentations for meetings and reply-to-all to emails).
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But you can be damn sure if I needed medical flight, I'd want those guys on the job. And keeping their ops running on the ground is an important part of that.
Glad you got to make a difference and see them in operation too.
--Mav
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