Originally Posted by
Colibri49
The problem, if you bother to read the previous thread, is that some people get sweaty itchy scalps even when washing hair daily with medicated shampoo. This in spite of flying in mid-winter.
Unlike some other helicopter theatres of operation where flights seldom last longer than a couple of hours before getting a short break, typically North Sea operations can have you strapped into an airframe for 2 flights, rotors running between flights, lasting from 5.5 to 7.5 hours.
When concentrating on performing airborne radar approaches to offshore installations, sometimes at night and usually in bad visibility, the last thing that's needed is distraction from an itchy scalp.
An itchy scalp, whilst an annoying personal problem, is hardly a discomfort and fatigue issue such as to warrant discarding valuable life saving PE. Without the obvious resolutions such as a skull cap or better shampoo (try Ginger Scalp Care from the Body Shop
) the cool North Sea offshore is hardly an environment hostile to helmet wearing, IMO.
I suspect that such a premise would get fairly short shrift from those in the fire attack community who regularly operate 10 - 12 flying hour days in slightly warmer conditions. Or the mil chaps in Afghanistan, or a number of far worse places. I wonder how they cope with itchy scalps: itchy bums watching for incoming, more likely
