we are regularly flying when the wave height is well over 10 metres, often over 15 and sometimes well over this. In addition instead of one person lying in the water, you will more likely have 20, and it will be dark.
Just why are you flying in excess of the certification level of your emergency float system on the aircraft?
After the Newfoundland Crash....everyone under the Sun was harping about the 92 and its MGB issues.....yet no one seems to care about Sea State being an issue for "Weather Minima" decisions re Go/No Go!
Just when do you draw the line in clinging to your perch in the Tea Room?
Even Sea Gulls will take a stand down for weather!
I know....could not scare a flock off the Elephant's Head one morning in the Shumagin Islands near Unga.....turned around and went back to the Cook Tent when I realized what happened.