Originally Posted by
nomorehelosforme
...When helmets weren’t worn, did passengers and pilots in the offshore industry wear survival suits and life jackets? Purely as a matter of interest when did this become mandatory and was there a particular incident that caused it to be enforced?
Of the five different offshore operations I've worked in and thus am familiar, for all of them:
Helmets: Optional
Survival suits: Optional
Life jackets: Required