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Old 15th Jul 2019, 00:55
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SASless
 
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Megan is right....another large oil company that on its face maintained high standards but once you got to looking it was another. matter.

The management evolved from a Gulf of Mexico operator and brought over that same old attitude with them.

The FAA sets VFR minimums based upon "Weather" (Ceiling and Visibility)....not what you can see out the windows.

So right next to 412's with Sperry Helipilot systems with Flight Directors....you had 212's with no SAS of any kind flying the same routes at the same time of day as the 412's.

Offshore, particularly on an overcast and hazy night....about the only thing you could see sometimes was two very big white shiny eyes looking back at you from your Windscreen.

But...hey...it was VFR right!

You had a thousand and three, right?

That is where I elected to use the room name of ..... Sasless!

I was not impressed as you might guess.
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