Originally Posted by
John Eacott
I wouldn’t expect an Air Warfare Instructor to know better (
) but to reef this back as pilot error shows a total lack of understanding of helicopter operation and engine management. This has been extant for some 18 months and change to fuel additives is clearly being associated with the failures: that they are occurring in helicopters can be attributed to the lower cooling available plus the higher power demands, which are not related to airspeed but to handling requirements in a low level environment.
I was pullin the bit on the AWI - but that is because CAsA seem to be sitting on the fence on a known decrease in safety on this - so instead of doing something Blame the Pilots!
Again I am told that high power is not a requirement of most muster operations in R22 or R44, power changes and manoeuvrability are attributes of a muster operation in helicopters. This is certainly true in fixed wing that I have been a pax in a 172, would love to see a 210 or even a 208 do a muster.