[mockingbyrd]

This was a press conference after Mr. Kim was found dead. There were errors in judgment on all sides here. That's what happens when human beings are involved.The search and resuce folks were quite heroic, and it does no good to tear down their efforts.

I hear the news reports for a week before they found Mrs. Kim and the girls. Searches were primarily based on what the Kims had said their route was going to be. First SAR attempted to determine if they had met misfortune on that route. Then they spread out to cover other ground. They were limited by time, people and information.

[surfer]

I understand your points.

Kati and the girls are lucky their father-in-law is well to do and could afford to create the pressure and bring the resources to bear to find them.

Sorry to be so cynical if it weren't for his efforts and that of self-initiated local folk - I think we would either still be looking for them or it would a total recovery effort and not rescue.

Sadly LE missed the opportunity to thank the local help when it came time to wrap this up. They patted each other on the back and thanked the Kim's. Not one mention of the local man who took it on his own to fly and found them. I think it was a major gaff on their part not to thank the local helicopter pilot who is truly a hero here and made at least part of this story a positive one.

[woodbutcher]

The search and resuce folks were quite heroic, and it does no good to tear down their efforts.

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I don't think that any of mine or surfer's comments are meant to take away from the efforts of the men in the field.

The problem, as he has said, is within the command levels.

Sort of like the wire phone company. The linemen are the hardest working people and relate to their customers.

The people above them appear to have as their life's work the goal of making every one mad.

The guys on the poles still do a great job.

There are other examples.

In this case, the people on the ground did really well, but most of those operations are quasi-military in organizational structure and if your superior tells you you will search a given area, that is what you do.

So it is a management problem.