Cebu City Hall to buy planes?

[PaYaSo]

hahaha tinuod na bro? kuyawa pud anang sakita oi

[cebulifer]

hahaha!!! nervous ticks siguro na bai! okay lang na! ang sulod sa ulo ang importante!

pero ambot na unsa pud nasulod sa utok na nakahunahuna man ug palit ug eroplano na usa ra may airport nato!

[RedbaroN]

Kuan na nga eroplano. Lupad ka usa, Crash ka daghan.

[sharkey360]

THE plan of Vice Mayor Joy Augustus Young to buy small junk aircrafts for rescue operations and aerial inspections during calamities is illogical, impractical and crazy.

It is impractical because it won't serve its purpose. The planes can be used for simple flying activities but not for rescue operations. To land, aircraft need an airport or an airstrip. Do our mountain barangays have airstrips?

Worse, the model of the three units of four-seat aircrafts owned by the Department of Education (DepEd) is already obsolete. Consider that the planes are already 40 years old. Sus, panahon pa man na ni Mampor.

Young wants to purchase all three units so the city can strip the two other units of their body parts and use these to fix the remaining unit. What a crazy idea.

Maybe Young, whose family is into the furniture business, thinks that an aircraft is like a piece of furniture or an air conditioning unit or a refrigerator that he can just cannibalize so he can use the parts to fix a whole unit.

The vice mayor claims that the planes can take off and land even on shorter landing strips. I don't think so. I challenge Young to find a place in the mountain barangays that the city can use as landing area for these kinds of aircraft.

Young said a portion of the South Road Properties (SRP) can be used as a landing area.

But City Hall has to develop the place because the SRP is not designed as a runway.

If Young's only intention is to have an aircraft for rescue operations and aerial inspections during calamities, why won't the city just enter into an arrangement with the Philippine Air Force or Central Command so it can get assistance when the need arises? Rep. Tomas Osmeña was able to borrow a private plane when he attended the Regional Development Council meeting in Bohol last month.

Maintaining an aircraft is very costly. Will City Hall also hire a pilot? For this, they can tap former city councilor and now Citom Chairman Jack Jakosalem, who has several flying hours in his resume.

Flying is one of Jack's hobbies. He even met an accident years ago wherein he was forced to land in an airstrip in Bantayan island. Wala pa na motagam si Jack.

Osmeña is supporting Young's idea. But Mayor Mike Rama's stand is different. His worry is that he might be blamed if something happens to that aircraft. He did not even say if he will ride on the plane.

Buying a helicopter is a better option. Choppers are usually used in rescue operations because they can land as long as there are vacant areas available. They are also used in police operations. In the United States, helicopters participate in hot pursuit operations.

Young said Cebuanos have nothing to worry about because the purchase won't involve cash. The three aircrafts can be acquired by the city in exchange for the construction of school buildings. Meaning, the city will construct school buildings using the Special Education Fund to help the DepEd in the city.

But just the same, Mr. Vice Mayor, it involves taxpayers' money. I hope that the next time around, you will think it over before floating a crazy idea.

Source - Nalzaro: Young's crazy idea | Sun.Star Network Online

[cebulifer]

maayo na lang si Rama, level headed. hehehe!!!

[Justice`Hugo]

Paita sad ning mupalit eroplano nga kagubaon na... pila ni ka milyon? maypa iya ni ipaayo sa drainage system sa syudad...mapuslan pa sa tanan.

[AntitaniC]

airplanes? rescue?? pagka tonto....

maipa ipalit nalang na nilag Choppers.... kana maka rescue jud nag bisag asa pah...

eroplano man no-un.. lol

[joninho]

big waste of money, waste of manpower[mangamatay pa lang ig-operate ani!], and waste of council meeting time
pwede man makig-coordinate with rescue units.
kabasa jud ko anang gi-make ni bobby nalzaro. too correct.
dili man na parehas sa kaoshiung ang airplane na ma-dali2x ra ug assemble ug tapak. mas taas JUD baya dapat ang standards sa airplane making.
he ought to be ashamed of this.

[edgeknife]

sa pagkakaron, dili baya maayu ang pagpalit sa eroplano sa city hall... naa pa utang sa SRP... kana sa problemahon sa cebu city hall karon...

[cindell]

what a crazy mind does this person has?
or does he even have a mind at all?
bugu! bugu! basin gamiton ra ni nila for their leisure RA sd tawn
how can the people benefit from this?
if they wont buy choppers then atleast use nalang unta the money para anang mga ginagmay na projects (e.g pag-au sa mga drainage system, mga dalan) nga to think these are projects nga people can truly use