Aozotorp wrote:

Does the USFS ever force its forestry staff to do something like this?


They do what they are funded to do!



What the heck does that mean? If FS employees were told to do it and
had the budget, they'd do it. Checking for wreckage is in line with land
management. They probably looked forward to the job. Nobody ever thinks
they're going to crash though helicopters go down all the time.