Indian Army wives campaign to get Chetak, Cheetahs taken out of service

[INDIAPOSITIVE]

A group of Indian Army officers' wives have demanded that the Army Aviation Corps (AAC) stop using its fleet of obsolete Chetak (Aerospatiale Alouette III) and Cheetah (Aerospatiale SA315B Lama) helicopters due to their high accident rate.


The 28-strong Indian Army Wives Agitation Group - all of whom are married to AAC pilots or technicians assigned to these two platforms - claim that 191 of the helicopters have crashed over the past two decades, killing 294 officers.

"Every time officers go on a sortie on either of these helicopters, their families are on tenterhooks," group head Meenal Bhosale told IHS Jane's on 25 November by phone from Nashik, western India.

Indian Army wives campaign to get Chetak, Cheetahs taken out of service - IHS Jane's 360

 

[chairborne ranger]

Please someone tell these incorrigible cling-ons to stfu. Goddamit, my hatred for AWWA and other such orgs grows by the day. They need to learn their place.

 

[root]

So what the problem take them out of service India can buy rafale then why still keep these shitty helicopters in service replace them with something good.I am sure your New PM Modi will fulfill your request.

 

[GR!FF!N]

So what the problem take them out of service India can buy rafale then why still keep these shitty helicopters in service replace them with something good.I am sure your New PM Modi will fulfill your request.

LUH tender is already on..

 

[sathya]

Replacements are on their way.. In a massive manner ..

414 copters to be bought...

Just a little longer...

I hope the prototype flies sooner..
It will be a success in shorter time thAn in ALH & LCH..

 

[ENRL]

Please someone tell these incorrigible cling-ons to stfu. Goddamit, my hatred for AWWA and other such orgs grows by the day. They need to learn their place.

Only someone who flies such equipment would understand the issues. I dont think you thought about your comment. When the navy says it needs subs, do we ask them to stfu and put them in their place?

Lives cannot be traded for incompetence. What needs to happen is that all VVIPs should be flown in these old helos routinely. (Sadly the pilot may not be a VVIP).

 

[Abingdonboy]

Lives cannot be traded for incompetence. What needs to happen is that all VVIPs should be flown in these old helos routinely. (Sadly the pilot may not be a VVIP).

Well there's the rub, the VVIPs are being flown around in the same junk (aged Mi-17s) that are almost at the end of their service lives but have to be flown for a while longer because their replacements (AW-101s) are not coming anymore.

 

[Daedalus]

Sign the petition if you support the cause: Petition · @PMOIndia @manoharparrikar Announce the replacement of outdated & unsafe Cheetah helicopters that endanger the lives of our soldiers · Change.org

 

[faisal6309]

Democracy!!

 

[Levina]

Please someone tell these incorrigible cling-ons to stfu. Goddamit, my hatred for AWWA and other such orgs grows by the day. They need to learn their place.

AWWA has nothing to do with this.
AWWA is one of the few organisations where families are made to feel a part of army and bonds extend across ranks and even after retirement.

 

[chairborne ranger]

and the navy has business saying it needs equipment to do its jobs.
The army wives, dont. Simple. Its a rampant problem in the forces. The ladies forget that they wear his ring, not his rank. This should be embarrassing for any officer who's family is involved.

The govt need to buck the hell up, yes. But until of unless replacements are found, they fly what they get, and that's what they signed up for.

Only someone who flies such equipment would understand the issues. I dont think you thought about your comment. When the navy says it needs subs, do we ask them to stfu and put them in their place?

Lives cannot be traded for incompetence. What needs to happen is that all VVIPs should be flown in these old helos routinely. (Sadly the pilot may not be a VVIP).[/QUOT

 

[Tshering22]

Please someone tell these incorrigible cling-ons to stfu. Goddamit, my hatred for AWWA and other such orgs grows by the day. They need to learn their place.

Why sir? Are we a sub-saharan country to keep operating old helicopters that are not reliable?

They are asking to replace the old ones and get new ones.

What's wrong? Their families operate on these machines.