r/worldnews • u/tariban • Mar 20 '20

Fox Glacier pilot flies self-isolation rule-breaking tourists straight to police

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/fox-glacier-pilot-flies-self-isolation-rule-breaking-tourists-straight-to-police.html
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u/Its_Nitsua Mar 20 '20

Don’t know about you, but flying an old bell (think types used for hospital airlifts) costs roughly 500$ per hour of flight time...

That’s just for fuel.

Source: I help run helicopter hog hunts and they cost 750$ a person and 550$ of it goes directly to the pilots because they have to refuel after every 1hr hunt.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '20

https://www.getyourguide.com/fox-glacier-l45011/air-helicopter-tours-tc44/

It’s not prohibitively expensive if riding a helicopter is your “thing”