I have heard from pilots who trained at FSI that FSI included vibration when simulating a MGB pressure loss, which does not seem to be the case the Cougar pilots faced. Could that have been negative learning?
I wonder if the oil cooler bypass valve always 'worked' in the simulator?
JS perhaps Sikorsky would look less callous if they hadn't changed their plan from certifying '30 minutes run dry' to '30 minutes after a leak is detected in the oil cooler and sealed off'.
Remember when Nick Lappos made a great play after certification that they had repeated the 30 minutes test several times (6 times?) back to back? If the crew were thinking of that, perhaps they would choose to press on when they looked over their shoulder at the pax, looked at the sea and calculated the coast was less than 30 minutes away?
How long would it take for an S-92 at its service ceiling (FL20?) be able to decend then line up for a gentle controlled ditching from the time the pressure dropped below 5 psi? And how many minutes away from this would you fly?
