Originally Posted by
tossbag
Surely if you got the wind right you could swing your legs out, cyclic friction on, holding the collective down, dick in one hand, probably splash the boots a bit more but be in a position to save it if it vibrated too much?
Should this be a manoeuvre examined in the flight test? Seems to me it could be, er, discriminatory against some pilots who might not be able to complete all facets of the exercise
Otherwise not saying anything much new here but I've always logged engine on to engine off (except for engine failure!), given that's when one is - hopefully - in control of the craft, however some aircraft operators I've known have charged based on hobbs meter with a switch on the handbrake. Quite decent of them I thought; if you were sitting somewhere on the ground waiting for departure clearance and you had the brake on that's not being charged, however once the brakes off and you're rolling the clock was ticking. I'm fairly sure there was an airspeed switch involved as well, although I never tried it I should think they had ways of preventing unscrupulous types flying along with the handbrake on...
FP.