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I"m a CAP member, and I look forward to volunteering for the searches,
although I lament the need.
If I thought the state was going to bill someone, I'd rethink my
volunteer status.

I wonder if the feds billed the Kennedy family for the use of a
destroyer for a funeral....?

No, and although I think I would not be in favor of charging for SAR, I do
understand where the sentiment is coming from.

How much would Nevada have spent looking for you or me, if we had disappeared in
exactly the same circumstances?

How about the same question in regard to how much the Navy would have spent
looking for and recovering the crashed plane of Robert Kennedy Jr. compared to
you or me?

Not even one percent of the money spent on these searches would have been spent
for our searches, even if you could get them to agree to unleash the kind of
resources they uncorked.

To be honest, the widow should have volunteered to pay for the search, before
she is ever charged, or at least a large portion of it.

JMHO. Your mileage could vary, and I can understand that side of the coin,
also.
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Jim in NC