>>2701487 see >>2701491>expensive>availabilityBroadcast TV guys (think CBS, NBC) have helos at their disposal. Sometimes if there's a major outage on public safety radio networks (police/fire/med) then they'll fly techs in to fix it.
Bigger companies look at cost/benefit/time, risk/safety matrices. They'll evaluate and decide for their employees (usually from processes/procedures) which vehicles are appropriate for what conditions and situations. One company I've trained, they'd rather send a helicopter out than a team on ATVs because of the safety hazards with ATV operation. UTVs were viewed as safer, but due to their size those can't get to some of their equipment.
Smaller companies don't have that budget, and if they're out of people/skills they'll bring in a contractor like me, either to do the job or as an addition to their team.
Customer in >pic related ended up calling a safety-hold on us... "We don't care if you're OK in these conditions, we are not. Weather should clear up in a few hours, we'll hang out in the shop till lunch and reevaluate then." Ended up going out that afternoon.
I would have been fine that morning, but i'm quietly glad they waited till later.
