Originally Posted by
HeliPPL
Is a non-engineer allowed reconfigure the seats in either the H125 or H130? Specifically changing between the 5+1 and the 6+1 forward facing configuration in the H125, or changing between the 6+1 and 7+1 configurations in the H130?
Are there physically enough mounting holes on the floor for that to be possible? Would the CAA allow it?
The 7 seat configuration of the 350 (most used option, 2-place bench left side) is a STC with permanent separate rails that is fitted to the floor.
Once this is done, the swapping of the standard seat to the bench may be done by an appropriately task trained pilot.
Don’t know the 130, but I imagine it is a similar process to convert from the standard 7 seat to the 8 seat option.