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You have hit the nail on the head. If we ONLY cover text book emergencies during sim training we run the risk of creating a generation incapable of thinking outside the box.
Thank God for LOFT where opportunities are available for developing decision making skills in a safe environment.
G
PS. - Have just read a bit of those two accident reports. I feel even more justified in asserting the need for developing CRM skills capable of dealing with these random failures. Case studies such as the two reports 212 has attached to his post are ideal material. I am puzzled by a lack of response to my suggestion that the ocean should be made a place of safe-haven either by lmiting the sea state for normal ops and/or improving the ability to get out of the downed helicopter and into the liferaft.
Last edited by Geoffersincornwall; 1st Apr 2009 at 08:04.