Colibri49 that story is horrifying..I just want reassure non aviators and non North Sea pilots that sort of thing is/was so rare... I've been flying in the North Sea for 30 years and I have never seen anyone else or personally been in, anywhere near, that position....10ft rad alt...Its bad enough at any time to descend below the helideck, never mind just skim the sea. In 1985..in the days before CRM...there were old and scary old captains flying..maybe there still are
But I can not imagine anyone getting away with the
He would shout "Shut the f**k up!" to any co-p who tried to read from the checklist and he swatted my hand out of the way when I tried to turn the radar to standby after landing on a helideck.
...never mind the sort of actions that should have got him grounded immediately.
...thanks for sharing that.
As for nil wind operations, I flew 76s for years and it could be hard work in nil wind at higher weights..especially in the 76A. Now with the superb 139 its a dream...so much power... vertical take off with a fullish load...nice
