To want to tell the police helicopter to fuck the fuck off and then some?

[Zacsbird]

I know I probably am being very, but it drives me mad! The constant drone over my house and in the distance, god only knows what it's out for, again. It drowns out the tv and makes me paranoid that some mad thug is on the run, never mind what it's costing per minute in taxes. It's not a rare occurrence either, second time this week.

Ah must be the police forces turn for a bashing. Had you run out of whinges about schools and teachers?

We get this quite a bit. We live near a lot of woods and they're often being searched. I do wonder why it's always at 3am though.

I'm told (but don't know if it's true and cba to Google) that it costs as much to have it waiting on the ground as it does to have it in the air so it might as well be up there (not sure how that can possibly be the case but hey....).

Don't even get me on to those noisy ambulance copters. How very dare they pick up critically injured people and take them to hospital. How very dare they use my taxes this way.

YABVVVVVVVU.

We have the copters above us loads of times (live in city centre). Does not bother me one little bit. Just some hard working lads (and lasses) doing a hard job for no thanks.

Yabu

the helicopter was up and out here the other night as a young woman got raped and severely beaten up. Id rather the police used every means possible to catch the bastard that did it than worry about costs and noise issues

They find people hiding in wheelybins with their thermal image thingy.
You wouldn't be moaning if you had someone hiding in your back garden OP.

'Had you run out of whinges about schools and teachers?'

Like that's ever going to happen on MN! [bugrin]

YABVVVU. Police helicopters do a valuable job!
The Apaches and Chinooks that do night manoeuvres over my house at 3 fucking AM however, can fuck the fucking fuck off! They have miles and miles and fucking miles of empty farmland to annoy, but they are constantly hovering over my back garden! Bastards!

My local chopper copper is on twitter and it's fascinating (a) reading what they've been up to on a shift and (b) finding out how many criminals they have been responsible for apprehending.

Apparently they do try and fly above a certain altitude to minimise noise disruption, but obviously at times they need to descend to obtain images/track cars/people for ground crews.

We have a military hospital nearby and get a fair few chinooks/military helicopters transporting injured patients - sometimes they need to 'stack' before they land. Chinooks are magnificent machines - but boy are they loud...and it sometimes makes me feel like I'm living in a 'nam movie

So yes, YABU

My friend is a police officer for the helicopter and I know they do hot roof flyovers looking for cannabis factories with thermal imaging. Oh, and it is annoying but yabu! When it used happen alot when we lived in London I used to text my friend to ask her if she would mind fucking off,

Choppers are nothing compared to the sound of a dozen RAF Tornados/Typhoons taking off at 3am!