Originally Posted by
Macaco Norte
Ffs! Thanks for your replies but I don’t need things explaining to me. I didn’t ask how it works or how it could work. See my original post. I want to know if it happens.
Going back to your original post, there is no difference in the UK between a helicopter CAT and a HEMS operation. They all derive from CAP371. There are no special alleviations for HEMS but there are particular variations that often get used on HEMS units through an agreed FTL scheme (eg the 12 hour 4/4 roster). I have seen both the 12 hour 4/4 variation, a complex 28 cycle with early and lates (much better that 4/4), a 5/2, a 6/4 and a 6/3 shift cycle in HEMS UK.
But I think maybe you are asking a different question. No, none of them are using the CAA FTL in Part ORO.FTL and CAP 1826. That is strictly fixed wing only.