Citizens, politicians, News reporters question air support

Criticism is building and questions are being asked about the actions and decision making process when it came to calling in air support for the San Diego Wildfires.

Various reports have called in to question the use of aircraft during the first few days of fighting the fires. From The Union Tribune:

A drumbeat of criticism, fanned in part by talk radio, TV news and the Internet, appeared to build during the day over whether the firefighting fleet was fully mobilized. Those concerns may have been heightened by an announcement late yesterday afternoon that the arrival of a giant Canadian seaplane – the privately owned Martin Mars – called in to join the fight had been delayed.

Was it bueraucracy that delayed the air support or was it executive decisions about flying safety? According to the LA times it was a confounding on all sides, delay due to decision making and delay due to the weather.