Mr Crab
If you have read the
Defence Aviation Safety Centre Journal 2008 (2.8Mb) you will see that at least one civil SAR operator, Bristow who continue to operate SAR aircraft in Den Helder under contract to NOGEPA, was considered worth featuring on the subjects of safety management & safety leadership for the education and benefit of the UK military.
As the Director of the MOD Aviation Regulation & Safety Group put it in his foreword:
... [in this issue] DASC Journal concentrates on issues relevant to operations and areas that continue to present flight safety challenges: Human Errors/Factors, the worrying upward trend of military rotary wing acci dentsand risk management.
...the article by Richard Burman and Andy Evans of the Bristow Group, describes the direction the Group is taking towards their ultimate goal of a ‘Zero Accident Rate’ for the Company. This is a significant challenge for them as they operate some 400 rotary wing aircraft worldwide in some very demanding environments supporting oil and gas industries.
I know that DASC (now DARS) are working with operators like Bristow, the CAAs and manufacturers in the European Helicopter Safety Team to spread best practice in all aspects of helicopter safety as part of the overarching
International Helicopter Safety Team in which CHC has been playing a part in North America.