Originally Posted by
Badgeman
Thanks Airhoss. Were they Forestry Service pilot who perished, or H&P pilots. I've looked all over, in fact did a short report on this, and never found who it was that was signing their paychecks.
Those were H&P guys, as far as I know there aren't any USFS guys flying tankers each and every one of them is contracted out by private vendors. The only government guys flying tankers that I know of are some state guys.
The Captain's name was Steve I'd met him a time or two.