Left seat/ right seat?
Dear rotorheads,
please correct me if I am wrong,
(I fly fixed wings so I don't know too much about helicopters and I feel really stupid asking this),
I have seen that most of the time in a helicopter the PIC/CPT is flying the right seat, and if there is only one pilot in the helicopter, most of the time he/she sits at the right side.
Is there a (historical) explanation for this seating arrangement?
Because in fixed wings the PIC/CPT usually sits left and the SIC/FO sits right?
Why is it the other way around in a helicopter?
Or am I just having early symptoms of dementia?
BC