[pct-l] Cost of a SAR airlift

[Mike Douglass]

Well, since reading this link, and having a SPOT...I just signed up
for the GEOS
Package: Search and Rescue - cost me $14.  Good topic, thanks for all your
input.

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Mark Liechty <mlaccs at mlaccs.com> wrote:

> On Jun 22, 2012, at 1:51 PM, Brick Robbins wrote:
> > And those that don't choose to purchase insurance should be left to
> > die or rely solely on non governmental good Samaritans, as it was
> > their choice by not purchasing insurance?
> >
> > This is a real question there are forces pushing our government that
> > direction, and we should really decide if that is the direction we
> > want to go.
> > ###########
>
> This is a very serious question that affects us all.
>
> If we decide that the government should have to pay the bill for the
> rescue then are we also deciding that the government can save that money by
> closing all access to the wilderness?
>
> After all if there are 5000* hikers and 10* rescues a year at a cost of
> $20,000* per rescue then there is a savings of $200,000 per year that can
> be better spent on traffic signs that affect a million city dwellers.
>
> Either that or the government can charge $4,000 per permit to cover the
> costs that they know they will incur as a result of the rescues.
>
> Why a rescue occurs has nothing to do with the cost.  And that cost, to be
> accurate needs to factor in the equipment, training, and labor costs
> including the benefits payout when someone on the SAR team gets seriously
> hurt or dead.
>
> Me thinks this is not a road we want to head down.
>
>
> And if your argument is that other types of services should be cut first
> or someone else should pay or your money should go to trails and not tanks
> or or or ..... well that discussion is already taking place and we (hikers)
> are not going to get a seat at the table for the final budget cuts so we
> better not be stepping to hard on the feet of the beast.
>
>
>
> *I am making up the numbers for simple math so that is not the point
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