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Old 10th Mar 2005, 03:25
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Reality Check Guys/Gals.

Nobody is going to get a job as a Captain in an IFR helicopter operation upon completion of an IR, no matter where its done.

To become an IFR captain takes experience ; experience gained under the supervision of an experienced IFR captain.

Whether a candidate does his initial IR in a piston, turbine , or twin is irrelevant, the candidate will still have to get a PPC on Type.

This whole thing of engine failures in a twin helicopter is over-rated when airspeed is > than VTOSS. There is no assymetric thrust to deal with as in a plank, all you have to do is: maintain control, power within limits, run the memory items and call for the check list.

An engine failure on an ILS does not even require a change in collective setting. The old mantra applies: aviate , navigate communicate.
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