Originally Posted by
havick
Couple of questions for those that have operated at Sea World before;
- Why was the departing aircraft taking off from the single pad as opposed to the four pads together?
- What’s SOP as far as which pad is used?
- Is there a link or any recording of the radio calls between the tourist helicopters? I’m just wondering if they knew about each other from the get go (blind spot or not)?
From when I flew with them (few years back) and last visited Sea World (12 weeks ago, but didn't fly) the "single pad" is used for flights with passengers who are also visitors to Sea World theme park, ie those who book a joyflight while they are inside the park as an add-on to their day out. They have a little hut there with a sandwich board showing the routes etc and a locker room type thing for preflight briefing.
To use the other pads would require you to leave the theme park, there's no internal access AIUI.