Originally Posted by
minigundiplomat
One involves hovering at 50 feet in salt spray for prolonged periods, and other maintenance heavy tasks that aren’t triggered by a straight and level transit at 2000’. Not sure how many winch cable inspections a crew change aircraft does either.
Plus the additional crew members, FLIR, NVG’s, rigorous currency/proficiency requirements for a very broad skill set. Apples ain’t apples.