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Forum: Rotorheads
28th Nov 2013, 20:49
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

SAS, I wasn't even considering your unrelated...

SAS, I wasn't even considering your unrelated onshore EMS Bell 412 accident in the USA. I haven't studied it, read of it, and I am not interested in it. This thread is about an AS332L2 fatal accident...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Nov 2013, 11:02
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

Anyone you may have left out? Wasn't the Captain...

Anyone you may have left out? Wasn't the Captain supposed to be "managing" the flight? What about the Regulator?

A very vague description of Management with weasel words
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Nov 2013, 10:34
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

SASless wrote ....and they were both...

SASless wrote



....and they were both helicopters!

Firstly, the CAA are the regulator not the investigator. Secondly, their involvement into any North Sea helicopter safety investigation has...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Nov 2013, 20:27
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

Talk about thread drift. An EMS Bell 412 in the...

Talk about thread drift. An EMS Bell 412 in the US versus the 332L2 in Sumburgh.
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Nov 2013, 11:54
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

Lots of good ideas and valuable discussion here...

Lots of good ideas and valuable discussion here but the "how" word is still eluding us it seems. I don't have an easy solution.

Being mildly old, I was line trained on the S-61 which was not...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Nov 2013, 02:02
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

DB Just because he is a nice guy, liked by...

DB

Just because he is a nice guy, liked by is colleagues, respected even, someone you know well and who is heartbroken does not mean that he was not part of a serious crew error which led to the...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Nov 2013, 11:05
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

Geoffers I was agreeing with TC that human...

Geoffers

I was agreeing with TC that human error "spoiled the show" because the L2 is not a new type and there was no "change" associated with this accident. Any deficiencies in the MOC process...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Nov 2013, 08:48
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

Surely with this reasoning Geoffers, we could...

Surely with this reasoning Geoffers, we could take the fault right back to the person that designed the helicopter?

The L2 has not had a previous CFIT accident so surely, the design, equipment and...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Nov 2013, 05:46
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

Having worked for one particular OEM, simulators...

Having worked for one particular OEM, simulators are not considered "core business" so the whole simulator training program gets outsourced. Then the company to whom it has been outsourced has to...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Nov 2013, 20:53
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

The the thing is though Geoffers that it's not...

The the thing is though Geoffers that it's not system failure rehearsal that's causing accidents and ditchings. It s very simple LLZ approach to a runway, or an approach to a rig at night, another...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Oct 2013, 22:15
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

YOP Answer: All of the Bristow Cadet pilots from...

YOP Answer: All of the Bristow Cadet pilots from 1983 onwards and quite a few others I would imagine. I learned on the Bell 47, also not forgiving if one takes ones "eye off the ball" like most...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Oct 2013, 07:44
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

I don't agree tis tis, the problem with the...

I don't agree tis tis, the problem with the industry these days is that its all run by bean counters. There needs to be a few more "helicopter" people in management, not just those intent on cutting...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Oct 2013, 23:02
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

Colibri When asked in an oil and gas...

Colibri



When asked in an oil and gas forum both EC and CHC said that this was not the case.
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Sep 2013, 09:05
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

The existence of the call(s) is fact. ...

The existence of the call(s) is fact.



It was this crew's only flight of the day so fatigue would have to be cumulative and affect both crew. The same aircraft had flown an almost identical...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Sep 2013, 00:21
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

Relevance check SAS. This occurrence was in...

Relevance check SAS. This occurrence was in Sumburgh with two qualified and current English speaking pilots. Retirement is in danger of mixing your cogent posts with rambling ones.
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Sep 2013, 09:05
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

Don't doubt yourself Ray.

Don't doubt yourself Ray.
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Sep 2013, 17:18
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

HC The Sikorsky automated Rig Approach is...

HC

The Sikorsky automated Rig Approach is not so much about bad weather as about getting the aircraft to the appropriate relative position in relation to the rig / platform every time, good, bad...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Sep 2013, 14:52
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

So, we fly manually and we have CFIT. We use the...

So, we fly manually and we have CFIT. We use the automatics (maybe incorrectly) and we have CFIT. We have had more manual CFITs than automatic ones thus far, but we need to understand that the new...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Sep 2013, 14:01
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

Satsuma I wrote a post about simulators, you...

Satsuma

I wrote a post about simulators, you asked if I was being ironic but you seem to be talking about windows. Forgive me but I think that we speak of different things.

SAS yes, you are...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Sep 2013, 21:53
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

26500 wrote and Crab quoted I don't...

26500 wrote and Crab quoted



I don't accept that at all. My company pays for 2 simulator sessions per pilot per year. Just how many do you need? Each sim trip overseas (there are none here) is...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Sep 2013, 00:24
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

HC ...that would have been the dark green Saab 96...

HC ...that would have been the dark green Saab 96 with the fuel saving freewheel unit! CC was indeed a gent and one of the best instructors.
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Sep 2013, 11:38
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

HC, surely if there were systemic poor SOPs and...

HC, surely if there were systemic poor SOPs and training issues, the continued HFDM program should have highlighted any issues? As part of the investigation, I would also be looking at the...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Sep 2013, 22:04
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

Special No 225 to L2 issues, this was not a...

Special

No 225 to L2 issues, this was not a " downgrade" caused by the EC225 grounding.
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Sep 2013, 10:59
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

G-TIGB ex G-BJXC S/N 2023 was the first Bristow...

G-TIGB ex G-BJXC S/N 2023 was the first Bristow 332L "Tiger" Its first client was Britoil and its regular run was the Thistle A using the Murchison as an alternate. It was one of the aircraft which...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Sep 2013, 00:49
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

The S-92 "rig approach" goes around automatically...

The S-92 "rig approach" goes around automatically if the pilot does not intervene to carry out a landing. The original concept was, if it all starts to go wrong, just let go and the aircraft will...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Aug 2013, 14:18
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

SAS, 3 out of 5 chunked (commercials returned...

SAS, 3 out of 5 chunked (commercials returned unopened) of course our CEOs look st stock price but try having an accident to see how much it costs and what Wall St thinks.

Grenville, we usually...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Aug 2013, 02:23
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

Bristow 332L and CHC 332L, L1 and EC225 are...

Bristow 332L and CHC 332L, L1 and EC225 are flying in Australia as normal today (Monday)

Bristow 332L and L1 and EC225s will be flying in Norway on Monday.
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Aug 2013, 07:20
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

Grounding makes no sense. Even the initial cause...

Grounding makes no sense. Even the initial cause of this accident has not yet been determined.

If it is found to be a mechanical issue which COULD affect other 332s of other variants, then a...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Aug 2013, 02:23
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

Wizzard See Post# 46. Further from EC: ...

Wizzard

See Post# 46.

Further from EC:
As a complement to the information provided on August 24th at 3.41 am (French time), please find the latest information made available to EC :
- ...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Aug 2013, 14:20
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

Max, you are making a massive assumption that...

Max, you are making a massive assumption that there is mechanical failure involved here. Maybe, but maybe not.
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Aug 2013, 11:24
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

Grenville, HUMS data from the EC225 is downloaded...

Grenville, HUMS data from the EC225 is downloaded after each flight now. I believe that Bristow always did download after each flight, CHC and Bond also do now, for the 225s anyway.

Of course, we...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Aug 2013, 10:54
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

Grenville and Heli Student The newly...

Grenville and Heli Student

The newly installed cockpit warning on the EC225 is the first in cockpit HUMS warning ever. I am not even sure that is a great idea but that's my personal opinion.
...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Aug 2013, 07:29
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,707
Posted By industry insider

From EC by email

From EC by email
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