WsM Helidays

[Express Heli]

As has been said before, you were told to go on the other side of the rope because you were not wearing a florescent yellow jacket..and as a member of aircrew yourself, surely you understand that alone is a safety risk? Also, again as has been said before, a member of the public will see someone..such as yourself airside, who doesn't have a high vis jacket on and say to themselves if he/she can do it, so can I..and that really does become a nightmare for the officials who then have to run around, chasing people who are places they shouldn't be..after a while it seems like we are banging our heads against a brick wall, because it becomes very tedious and after all, it is common sense not to go beyond a rope which has obviously been put up for a reason!!!
So, given that, I had my reasons to ask you to walk on the other side of the rope..it is also written on the card(s) you would have been shown when booking in, because I know that as some us were so p d off with it, that they carried them around to point it out.

Originally Posted by helimarshaller

As one of the marshallers we are always getting told by Air Traffic to move people back behind the Blue Rope as they are just strolling around without a care in the world.

At the end of the day, we are only doing our job..so please, instead of getting irate about being asked to do something you are not happy with..please just co-operate, because we are doing it for your safety, our safety and the safety of others.
I mean, I personally (along with a small team of other people) have to manage the rope to make sure that it is secure, make sure that people are not walking airside when they shouldn't be, move people on from the fence adjacent to the airside area, and stop the crowds when a helicopter arrives & when one departs, along with a few other tasks which I cannot actually think of at this moment in time.
As Helimarshaller has said previously..

Originally Posted by helimarshaller

The bottom line is we want to keep it a safe event.

I then found it very offensive, and irresponsible when you all completely ignored what I had said, lied to me about which helicopter you were returning to (as you pointed to, and gave the impression it was the Enstrom)..and then carried on your walk airside, looking at other people's helicopters. Then, only when you were told again, but this time by a member of the team who was much older than myself, and around about your age did you listen and do as you had been asked.



But, on a different note..instead of posting that here, why don't you inform the event organisers about what you were unhappy with..as "constructive critisism" so that they can then try to improve the event for next year, and for the years following on from that? I am 100% sure that you are not the only one who was disappointed with the event, so try and make it better..for everyone.