A helicopter pilot in the UK has traveled a great distance to grab a sandwich, and some critics are not happy about it.
The pilot, who has not yet been identified, was caught stopping a meal at Chipping Farm Shop after the farm shared a video documenting the moment on Instagram.
“If your customers are literally ‘flying in’ to collect their favorite ‘Roast Beef in Caramelised Onion Gravy Barms’, the Preston-based farm signed a caption on Sunday 28 February in which the pilot receives the lunch delivered by a staff member while waiting in their helicopter.
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Not everyone under the post saw eye-to-eye about the pilot’s decision to have lunch on the farm. The UK is currently locked up again due to the coronavirus pandemic, and has issued an order saying ‘no recreational flying is allowed’ for general aviation.
However, it is not clear whether the pilot was on duty, as there is an exception that allows general aviation for “work purposes, where it is not reasonably possible to work or provide those services at home.”
Commentators who stopped by the meal said they felt it violated national travel guidelines that urged residents to stay local while health authorities tried to reduce COVID-19 numbers.
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‘The observation of COVID rules and’ local ‘remains I see! 80 miles, “wrote one comment without providing a source to cover the distance they say the pilot traveled, but a BBC report claims a local followed the helicopter’s return from City Airport and Heliport in Salford to Preston with a flight grade website.
Apart from that, an Instagram user claiming to work for the British National Health Service said he was upset about the pilot’s decision. In their own words, they wrote: “I am an NHS worker living in a caravan on my driveway to protect me when I live in the house. I am disgusted by this.”
Meanwhile, other Instagrammers saw no problem with what the pilot did, especially since they stayed in their helicopter.
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“I have never known such a fuss about anything, people need to hold each other together now and support each other,” one commenter reasoned. “There are enough small businesses that are collapsing as a result of this debacle, without all the negativity about this one.”
Another Instagram user said critics “wish they could afford a helicopter.”
Chipping Farm Shop did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment.
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Local authorities are apparently dealing with the helicopter stunt, according to the BBC.
The Ribble Valley District Councilman, who represents the Chipping division, allegedly told the news office the pilot’s helicopter stop “appears to be a blatant abuse of travel restrictions under current lock-in rules.”
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Greater Manchester police are investigating the incident.