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Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Oct 2020, 15:10
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

Sorry HC but I think you’re being naive here. You...

Sorry HC but I think you’re being naive here. You can’t just take exactly the same circumstances. It is the principle that matters. The wx could easily have been say 100ft base and 300m vis 1 mile...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Oct 2020, 14:39
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

But HC surely the issue here is not primarily on...

But HC surely the issue here is not primarily on whether IAS or VS coupling was used - it is that the crew were supposed to be monitoring a parameter and weren’t. With AIS hold, that type of error...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Oct 2020, 11:23
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

It has been interesting to read of the recent...

It has been interesting to read of the recent debate here, which broadly agrees that the crew made the mistake(s) that caused the accident, but differs on who was to mainly to blame. It seems HC...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Jan 2014, 09:42
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

HC - yes sorry should have made it clear I do...

HC - yes sorry should have made it clear I do know capacity it set in certification. Just wondering why some seem to think others, eg operators or oil companies, are better placed than the...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Jan 2014, 09:20
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

There has been a great deal of discussion here...

There has been a great deal of discussion here about reducing the pax numbers on acft and whether it should be driven by the helicopter operator or oil company, and clearly this is a balance between...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Nov 2013, 16:28
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

SAS My post 2281 related to your post on the...

SAS

My post 2281 related to your post on the Air Methods accident and was:

"SAS

What do you think the crew would have been looking at displayed on the HSI if they were completing a...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Nov 2013, 23:06
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

SAS So just to be clear, from your previous...

SAS

So just to be clear, from your previous post, can you confirm that you believe management deficiencies will turn out to have a "huge role" in the Sumburgh crash?

And any particular reason...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Nov 2013, 20:01
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

SAS What do you think the crew would have...

SAS

What do you think the crew would have been looking at displayed on the HSI if they were completing a localiser approach - it seems from the report they were tracking parallel to the localiser...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Nov 2013, 08:08
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

DB - I think you're absolutely right that...

DB - I think you're absolutely right that training involving things going wrong - and I mean divergence from normal flight profiles rather than failures - is likely to be more valuable than just...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Nov 2013, 15:01
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

Good post Crab. And DB , agree that the real...

Good post Crab. And DB , agree that the real issue is trying to understand and address why errors are made. But you can't quite say "Forget pilot error"! Where it exists - and that's in most...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Oct 2013, 10:30
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

So is there anyone who actually flies for CHC in...

So is there anyone who actually flies for CHC in the NS posting on Pprune? I had assumed there were. About how many Super Puma pilots would CHC have in the NS?
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Oct 2013, 09:30
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

Having just caught up with posts from the last...

Having just caught up with posts from the last few days, it seems the question I asked earlier: "...what, if any, new policy or advice has CHC introduced for flight crews following this accident,...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Oct 2013, 08:06
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

Sorry HC - getting confused, though admittedly...

Sorry HC - getting confused, though admittedly rushing! I thought the accident acft here only had a 3 axis hence speed decay with low collective on VS couple. Are you saying it was 4 axis? If so...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Oct 2013, 07:37
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

What, if any, new policy or advice has CHC...

What, if any, new policy or advice has CHC introduced for flight crews following this accident, regarding use of upper modes on aircraft with 3 axis AFCSs during IMC non-precision approaches?

Or...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Oct 2013, 08:48
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

Gypsie Magpie - not getting any better I'm...

Gypsie Magpie - not getting any better I'm afraid. I remain staggered that you think there are ATPLs/CPLs out there that really do not know that if you reduce the collective sufficiently when...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Oct 2013, 09:53
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

GipsyMagpie I can't believe I'm reading your...

GipsyMagpie

I can't believe I'm reading your last post - maybe it's time you reconsidered your career. You're not really going to tell me that an ATPL/CPL needs to be warned that low collective...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Oct 2013, 17:00
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

The torque set on the approach seems surprisingly...

The torque set on the approach seems surprisingly low to me - is the 24% that it was increased to at 80kts, having previously been just 18%, anywhere near what the crew might have expected would...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Sep 2013, 18:23
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

Come on SASless, the manufacturer can hardly say...

Come on SASless, the manufacturer can hardly say any change is to improve safety can they? In these super-litigious days, commercial Rule No 1 is do not admit the reason for changing something is for...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Sep 2013, 15:41
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

Interesting though discussion about potential...

Interesting though discussion about potential AFCS performance to enable approaches to below Cat 1 ILS limits is, it is surely not particularly relevant to this accident's cause. Just 3 mins after...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Sep 2013, 06:51
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

SAS That (remote) scenario wouldn't make...

SAS

That (remote) scenario wouldn't make sense. Apart from anything else, if they knew they were low on fuel they would surely have gone for best glide range speed (? 80kts ish) on the approach,...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Sep 2013, 20:21
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

Anyone know if there will be another interim AAIB...

Anyone know if there will be another interim AAIB report on this, and if so about when? Or is that it for official info now until the full report comes out in presumably a year or so?
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Sep 2013, 11:06
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

Lingo Dan's comments reminded me - just why has...

Lingo Dan's comments reminded me - just why has the term become the more verbose "degraded visual environment" rather than just "poor visibility"? 25 letters to 14 - and that's without calling it...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Sep 2013, 08:22
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

Quite reasonably this is the time for pondering...

Quite reasonably this is the time for pondering whilst we wait (no doubt for some time) for the AAIB report to divulge pretty much all.

But to me there still seems to be not enough discussion...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Sep 2013, 15:08
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

HC Do you really think the elepant in the...

HC

Do you really think the elepant in the room is cost cutting on training? Or is it that two pilots tragically might have made a mistake - that their training, let alone experience, should have...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Sep 2013, 09:58
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

DB You say that recognising an error of...

DB

You say that recognising an error of decaying airspeed starts with understanding AP displays and a very very robust knowledge of mixed mode flying.

Doesn't it start with simply monitoring...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Sep 2013, 13:21
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

Surely all the extensive discussion on autopilot...

Surely all the extensive discussion on autopilot type and modes selected is secondary here?

This sort of approach is presumably fairly routine in the NS and shouldn't have caused any problems....
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Aug 2013, 21:31
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

Ye Olde Pilot Thanks, and interesting...

Ye Olde Pilot

Thanks, and interesting indeed. A major distraction certainly looks likely. I wonder what it was if so?
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Aug 2013, 21:18
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

Diginagain I don't think so. For the crew to...

Diginagain

I don't think so. For the crew to have consciously tried to duck under they would have probably been pretty aware and focused on basic parameters like height and airspeed, which they...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Aug 2013, 09:04
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,665
Posted By rotorspeed

c53204 Your comments are so sweeping and...

c53204

Your comments are so sweeping and negative that they either come over as being chippy, or requiring qualification. Assuming the latter, for which operator are you saying the standard of...
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