I'm not a helicopter pilot but have been offshore as a pax a few times, including launching off a semi-sub in the ESB at night in a gale and horizontal rain, sitting in the back in awe at what the guys up front were doing in that split-second transition from dazzling floodlights to pitch black 50ft above a raging sea. I'm very pleased I hadn't heard your story then Colibri49. But I would just like to say that I think the job you guys do/did offshore is amazing.
NS