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Old 28th Aug 2008, 11:22
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Not sure if this will help in the discussion about exiting a burning aircraft.

Once, when we were air-lifting some things, with a wild west type crew, our chopper lifted the cargo and when in transition, it lost a lot of altitude, enough for the under-slung cargo to start scraping the top of trees in the path.

Despite the load master yelling at those on the ground by 2 way to get away, we were so fixated, most of the people on the ground were moving nearer to the chopper struggling to gain height, instead of away from it, and possibly avoid getting killed. This is despite the hours and hours of training and the loadie screaming in the two way.

Anybody care to explain why the real world reaction is far from the learning and training ??
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