Sir, - Nearly every week some report appears in the newspapers regarding safety in the Air Corps helicopters. As a parent of a young pilot who flies on search and rescue missions, I am seriously concerned about his safety and that of the crew who fly with him.
I ask the following people - Brig-Gen P. Cranfield, GOC Air Corps; Chief of Staff Lt-Gen D. Stapleton; and ultimately the Minister for Defence, Mr Smith: how safe are these aircraft? Must another second tragic accident happen before something is done?
I await an answer. - Yours, etc.,
Helen O'Keeffe, Newrath Road, Waterford.