What is the absolute when operating helicopters? Is it the RFM provided by the manufacturer, or the operations manual provided by some nitwits. A trusted source was told that the RFM shall be neglected, and the aircraft shall only be operated according to the operations manual. Does that also mean that the red placard "this aircraft shall be operated according to the RFM" can be removed from the aircraft?
Employees, after they scrutinized JAR Ops 3, were told if they do not like to operate according to the ops manual they can pack up and leave.
Now what?
