Helmets in Offshore ops?
I started flying offshore in 1988. The Company had a policy of not wearing helmets for offshore operations for the only reasons of causing alarm amongst the pax. Shortly after this when H & S started to become more prevalent the Company produced a H & S policy stating to the effect that an individual shall take what ever steps necessary to protect ones body. This snookered the Company and were forced to back down from their no helmet policy offshore. I immediately started wearing my helmet again. The only comment I received and there was only one, from a helideck person was "you are wearing your helmet today". I have worn a helmet ever since, upgrading to the latest Gentex in 2002 with CEP(earplugs with a microphone inside the earplug) and this was a great step forward in technology for noise/fatigue reduction.