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"American Electric Power (AEP) began contracting the use of the aerial saw in 1986. The saw was used initially on transmission lines in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, where the transmission footprint features various challenging terrain."

I'd like to have stayed with it, but they dumped me in no time flat when I had a major blood clot in my leg...

I agree, workers generally do what they're told to. I'd lay the fault more at the planner/forrester level.

I don't think it's necessary to wantonly destroy property just to clear lines/trim trees.

I think you missed my point...

Copter cleanup is far worse than conventional. They cut from top down. many things break & hang from the weight of what was cut above creating a danger... pieces springboard/slide off in all directions (including out of the ROW). Plus there was the having to deal with screaming/inconsolable...

nah...15yrs in line clearance...copters don't have any control over landing things in the ROW. I saw plenty of stuff they wrecked...worked about four months cleaning up their mess after they lost a contract. They have their uses in the wilderness/no access/unpopulated areas, but are overused...

yeah...tell that to all the farmers with destroyed fences & folks who's property became a disaster area we had to deal with during the cleanup after American went through...miles an miles of irate property owners...