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Forum: Rotorheads
1st Sep 2013, 21:07
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

Somewhere, someone, can find out how many people...

Somewhere, someone, can find out how many people died in the old RGIT pool in Aberdeen doing HUET training.
There were a few (i remember being told 4 or 6)
But it's more than 1 and probably less...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Sep 2013, 20:29
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

The curse of middle management. A multi million...

The curse of middle management.
A multi million budget increase pales into insignificance with the actual costs incurred in this situation and the possible reputational damage to the OilCo's

That...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Sep 2013, 20:22
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

In the event of a malfunction in forward flight...

In the event of a malfunction in forward flight they'll take the tailrotor off.
Which would spoil your afternoon.
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Sep 2013, 18:27
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

you have a door to get out of, We have a wee...

you have a door to get out of,
We have a wee window, a very wee window once you think of survival suit, lifejacket and rebreather . . all of which increase our already not insubstantial girth . . ....
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Sep 2013, 17:33
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

I personally feel that the use of the rebreather...

I personally feel that the use of the rebreather equipment is _much_ more likely to act as an anchor / catch stopping me getting out of the window than any possible positive use under water.
Like...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Aug 2013, 22:52
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

We (bears) are not going to the moon. We are...

We (bears) are not going to the moon.
We are going to work.
We won't get medals, or recognition, just paid.

We have no choice what we fly in, just whether we do or don't.
I've made my choice,...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Aug 2013, 22:09
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

Comment from the back of the bus (again, I know...

Comment from the back of the bus (again, I know it's not welcome by all, but, tough, this is the internet)
As non willing pax, I'm so heartened by the tone of the commentary. There are patently...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Aug 2013, 05:26
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

Ok, To be clear, you won't find any of my posts...

Ok,
To be clear, you won't find any of my posts having a go at a specific aircraft.
They are in a thread about one particular incident, but tragic as the loss of life and aircraft is, this specific...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Aug 2013, 20:34
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

Not one iota of a clue. Me, my buddies and the...

Not one iota of a clue.
Me, my buddies and the fuel make auw.

What I do know is that there has not been one Norwegian on here giving me a hard time.

Went out for a meal, come back and the...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Aug 2013, 12:26
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

P and A, Very well put together post. ...

P and A,
Very well put together post.

There is a view from the front of the bus that every effort will be made to understand root cause for each incident, I believe you as an industry do that...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Aug 2013, 09:33
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

imsafe, from ...

imsafe, from

http://www.sintef.no/upload/Teknologi_og_samfunn/Sikkerhet%20og%20p%C3%A5litelighet/Rapporter/SINTEF%20A15753%20Helicopter%20Safety%20Study%203%20_HSS-3_%20Main%20Report.pdf

...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Aug 2013, 08:57
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

AE, Not my Stats. (and not N Sea as that...

AE,

Not my Stats. (and not N Sea as that includes the Noggies, but Scottish)

Taken from http://www.ogp.org.uk/pubs/434-11.pdf

Between 1998 and 2006 (ok, old data, but still relevant)...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Aug 2013, 08:28
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

I appreciate that I'm not qualified to sit at the...

I appreciate that I'm not qualified to sit at the front of the bus, I am capable of reading some stats tho.

Taken from http://www.ogp.org.uk/pubs/434-11.pdf

Between 1998 and 2006 (ok, old...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Aug 2013, 00:08
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

FW, i reread my earlier posts, there absolutely...

FW,
i reread my earlier posts, there absolutely was no threat in them.
Purely a statement about whether I would fly in a Scottish based Puma.
Simple answer, no threat, no innuendo.

I...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Aug 2013, 23:34
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

Colibri 49 Irrational hostility as a phrase...

Colibri 49

Irrational hostility as a phrase is incompatible with 5 crashes in 4 years and 20 dead.

There is some rationale behind the hostility, honestly.
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Aug 2013, 23:28
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

Freewheel, I'd fly with a Noggy eggwhisk outfit. ...

Freewheel, I'd fly with a Noggy eggwhisk outfit.
Would I fly with a Scottish one ?

No.

And therin lies your problem.
No bums on seats.
No revenue.

I have asked nicely, politely even.
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Aug 2013, 22:57
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

HC, i am indebted by your indulgence of my...

HC,
i am indebted by your indulgence of my presence
Brae Bravo circa 1992, the bacon butties were sublime.

Your grasp on the cyclic and your grasp on the realite of pprune may differ.
This is...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Aug 2013, 22:30
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

HC, understood. But really what is lacking is...

HC, understood.
But really what is lacking is any desire to express to the slf that there are issues being worked by the rotary wing community to "up the game".
All I'm seeing is "the slf are...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Aug 2013, 22:12
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

Lorrimer, I sailed on the Bar Protecter when we...

Lorrimer,
I sailed on the Bar Protecter when we went to find the 3rd of the ditched chinooks.
I saw the rov footage.
You have 1000 hours on those indescribably awful aircraft.
Good effort.
They...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Aug 2013, 21:56
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

HC, read your point. I'm not a fan of the...

HC, read your point.
I'm not a fan of the press, too much power, too little responsibility.

Just a bear.

Have a bit of p1 time, but way more slf time, so have a wee bit of insight to both...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Aug 2013, 21:38
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

Obnoxio f*kwit (great name btw :-) ) The slf...

Obnoxio f*kwit (great name btw :-) )
The slf are genuinely beyond a short game here and _will_ put up with boats.
Boats don't kill them.
Unpleasant nast and smelly as they are. They don't suffer...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Aug 2013, 21:06
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

Missing the point gents. Pax think the aircraft...

Missing the point gents.
Pax think the aircraft is junk.
Pontificating on irrelevant technical details is not changing the minds of the pax.
If they don't fly, you don't get paid. (However smart...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Aug 2013, 05:30
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

I'll drag you back to the point I made earlier. ...

I'll drag you back to the point I made earlier.
UK helicopter ops have shown, beyond all reasonable doubt, that we can't do it as well as the Noggies.
Looking at the stats online, we have the same...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Aug 2013, 06:53
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

Indeed, however, The UK helicopter operators...

Indeed, however,

The UK helicopter operators have demonstrated beyond all reasonable doubt that they can't operate any variant of the Puma safely.

I'd be prepared to bet that you won't be...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Aug 2013, 11:02
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,737
Posted By airwave45

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