Pigeon chicks rescued from HMS Queen Elizabeth by FAA

[Evergreen 44]

What a coup
Nice story

[Thunder]

What a waste of tax payers money, I sincerely hope that the helicopter was returning to shore anyway.

[daggerfan]

What a waste of tax payers money, I sincerely hope that the helicopter was returning to shore anyway.

Yes indeed, but the carrier's been built and we're stuck with it!

[Snoop 95]

Not exactly an endangered species!!!

[toom317]

Not exactly an endangered species!!!

Yeh, bl oo dy vermin round here. (There you go, un- )

[ChrisCwmbran]

Quite. Vermin rescued at the tax payers expense. How much fuel was used? How much crew time? What is the effective cost?

A cute story that might make the public smile... until they really think about it

[Dazza37]

What a bunch of miserable sods!
'Waste of fuel, blah blah blah...', 'Vermin, blah blah blah...', 'What about crew hours, blah blah blah...'

It's a good news story for the Royal Navy that the public most likely will lap up, which equals good PR for the RN. Fuel won't have been wasted, neither will crew hours, flying from, and possibly back to the ship if the helicopter wasn't actually scheduled to return to shore, will be considered as valuable training in helicopter ops form the new ship.
Imagine the uproar from Joe Public if it had got out that the RN had simply punted the nest and it's occupants into the 'oggin?

Seems some people are never happy unless they're moaning about the most pathetically trivial things...

-Dazza

[tm74sqn]

Nothing like moaning about other people moaning!
TM74

[ChrisCwmbran]

I did acknowledge the PR benefits....

I'll be more annoyed if when older they crap on my car!

[PR9]

Plenty of "vermin" being saved (or allowed to survive) at tax-payers expense with all the "spice heads" plaguing many towns and cities.

The Pigeons are less hassle.

[ChrisCwmbran]

Plenty of "vermin" being saved (or allowed to survive) at tax-payers expense with all the "spice heads" plaguing many towns and cities.

The Pigeons are less hassle.

True though so far I've not had a "spice head" crap on my car!

[big john]

You win some lose some.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-45074866
CAUTION NOT SUITABLE VIEWING FOR SQUEAMISH.

[Mike]

Or go onto Youtube and search for "Pelican eats pigeon" videos, there's stacks of them that have been taken in Hyde Park.

[toom317]

RESULT!