gullibell tapped gently away thus: " For military ops the helment forms part of the uniform."
Rubbish. Uniform is not worn in flight, issued safety equipment is.
"For civilian twin-ops corporate, offshore, RPT etc work I see little need for a helment. Not that it's a consideration for me as the pilot, but if the passengers see the pilots wearing helmets...let's just say it doesn't auger well and the management probably has an opinion about that."
The pilot will be in that environment for far longer than a passenger.
"For S/E ops, particularly any external load or mountainous/jungle terrain work, then wearing of the helmet is a wise option. There have been many times on S/E jobs that I've thought I should be wearing a helmet but haven't, but not so many when flying a twin.
Fortunately, in all instances I've never had to call on the benefit of wearing one."
Let me see..............now where is that AIB report referring to a 'twin' normally engaged on corporate work and the pilot of which sustained serious head injuries recently? [fatal]...........I thought I had the reference somewhere.....damn.
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