that and what Management of the Operation decide is appropriate and affordable.
Happened at Aberdeen years ago.
During one of the slumps the profit margin was shrinking. A 'Director of Efficiency' was appointed, the Chairman's son.
It was decided that as the number of helipad departures undertaken by the offshore crews was virtually zero the helipad procedures would be removed from the six-monthly base checks so as to save the cost of the fuel and time.
A crew are tasked when offshore to bring a serious medevac directly to Aberdeen hospital so they arrive and deposit said medevac at the hospital helipad.
They cannot take off even though it is empty, the captain is not current with helipad departures. They have to shut down and wait for a training captain to come out from the airport so the aircraft could be flown out.
We all still had to wait until our next base check to get current on helipad departures again.