Originally Posted by
industry insider
No it’s not, some are PC1. it’s even simpler than that, it’s so that you don’t reverse into the rig and crash.
happy to be corrected - I’m not an offshore pilot however my main point was that this type of helipad departure is completely typical of onshore PC1 profiles on most light-medium twins, and the fact it’s not used offshore doesn’t imply a great deal in this context. It’s actually the only approved PC1 profile in the AW169 for a site of this sort with significant obstacles encircling it.