Winches on Police/Air Ambulance Helis
Rules and regs can be changed even by the CAA, so it is not inconceivable for a set of non-passenger HEMS/Police rules to be introduced that allow the use of winches and NVG. The problem that operator will have, is that they will need a training organisation to support these new skills. You cannot just employ suitable qualified ex-mil pilots. This will cost money and this extra cost will need to come from the operator? or central government. Also there will need to be some central form of checking and regulation of skills. A nice idea but with all the AA trusts and Chief Police considering that they 'own' their particular aircraft, a huge amount of give and take will be needed by those involved----a bridge too far perhaps??