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Old 11th Jun 2008, 19:02
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First of all, my sincere condolences to Waynes' family.

but

That site is not the answer- there are too many scenarios that can occur where a report will not be entered in time for a second pilot to review it before walking out to his aircraft.

We need a better system.
Maybe you should consider a Bell 407 or similar is best operated day VFR only - even a very experienced pilot as Wayne undoubtedly was - is up
st creek in crap weather in an unstabilised helicopter at 02:45 in the morning!
Even in a two crew fully stabilised and coupled IFR ship there are many times when NO is the only answer to a dubious callout.

Helismoke - I am sure you will agree that even with a full ATP and IR and a fair recency in IFR procedures, you can easily get out of your comfort zone with inadvertent IFR entry even in a fully capable ship with 2 x very experienced pilots such as yourself and the "Walking Fire Hydrant"!

It still amazes many of us "Tea bags" that you guys treat this type of flying as normal and acceptable!
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