Night Rig Ops
Daz...thanks for moral support . strange.
Straitman.... You are right. They are lit up like Xmas trees. This is a bit difficult to put diplomatically...but are you an offshore ifr pilot ? Can I try and explain it this way. Night Rig approaches , particularly in the S76 are , or can be VERY uncomfortable. If you go thru the various agencies you will find quite a number of CFIT(H) accident reports and in our world , most of them involve controlled flight into the water or rig obstructions.The airlines are right into CFIT training and I think we need to crank out our own version ie CFIT(H) Controlled Helicopter Flight into the water and offshore obstructions.
Anyhow , there are a number of peculiar difficulties with night rig approaches especially where there is no moonlight and no other light sources such as other platforms , rigs or ships....this is what I mean by a single light source. Your "xmas tree" at more than 2 miles is just a single blob of light in a very black void.