Just thought I would re-read the comments about offshore night ops that were posted last winter. The joys of landing in sh***y conditions with ancient equipment on monopod platforms are with me again and with my other hat on I wonder when this whole process was last "risk-assessed".
How many of our ops have the "skill-meter" running in the last 5% ? It may be fun to take on a tough challenge and succeeed, but in a world where 80% of accidents are caused by human error is this the right approach to take? Shouldn't we be identifying those areas where the skill-meter is maxed out and trimming back our expactations. Alternatively we could take Nick L's approach and use technology to mitigate the risk.
We're all a year older and a year wiser. Do we still think that the only problem with night flying is the size of your gonads!
What new technologies have emerged over the last 12 months I wonder?
G
