Makes you wonder how the regulators allow so many pax in the back as SLF without a cabin crew member to take care of them.
In my scenario I thought it was fairly clear that the co-pilot would escort the pax off the aircraft and into the dinghies - it might not be very palatable but a lot better than putting everyone at risk by ditching in a big sea where they all have to escape from underwater.
Oh dearie me Crab, referring to PAX as SLF (self-loading freight I believe is the rather derogatory definition of that pilot-speak acronym) is not going to score you any Brownie points with the people that can apply a grinding halt to your working environment. Remember that it is the A/C buyer (big oil) that demand a 19-seat configuration and internal aux fuel tanks to boot...not the regulators, they just agree to this and I'm now wondering why...oh that's right, they believe that the helo is safe enough, well that's been proven wrong quite a few times now hasn't it?
I don't see how providing training normally reserved for Navy seals (or Kevin Costner hoo haa) has a place in commercial aviation, where the rules and regulations are meant to prevent critical component failures with the A/C used.
Hueyracer, unfortunately not all offshore operators include the HUET in their offshore survival training. I know that Norway, UKCS, and Atlantic Canada do, and rightly so as a last case resort.
Droopystop has the right attitude IMHO, let's see more of this proactive discussion and less nonsense.
Safe Flying
Max