Originally Posted by
Apate
The EC225 bevel gear debacle is not why they are currently not being used (although it didn't help!), it is because LN-OJF suffered a catastrophic failure of the MGB that was not and cannot be detected by HUMS or any maintenance practice. This is compounded by no
definitive root cause being identified.
Airbus did themselves no favours during all of the EC225 woes with their public denial and mud slinging, rather than being open and honest or even just saying very little.
With the current S92 issue, we have a HUMS process that has been shown to work. The HUMS did it's job, but the alert was missed (not for the first time by CHC UK). HUMS itself has been subsequently modified to make it more "user friendly".
As mentioned earlier, Sikorsky are now working on a suitable modification.
“Chance It - the general negative tone of your messages are worrying. I suspect you are in the wrong job if this is carried into the cockpit every day! Or perhaps you just need to sober up on a Saturday morning and take a deep breath”
All of your statement doesn’t detract from what I said ...it was a lot more serious than an ‘unexpected control response’ , and had it happened away from a landing site could have had a very different ending .
Apate , for negativity read realism. It seems ok to berate the Puma on this forum but to even question the S92 one gets accused of being drunk ?