... and did you have 7000 hours before you were allowed to go operational , or did you have decent training, no experience and get crewed with experienced people who taught you on the job?
The key question is what is the minimum experience for a winchman? Crab and I agree that 1 year is fair for winch ops. My contention is that 3 months is adequate for a winchman given decent training, a "mentor" crew and a highly experienced crewroom.
Neither of us can prove the other wrong. All we can do is to apply experience and make a best guess. I've given you mine, now show me yours!
Last edited by Manchester; 15th Oct 2012 at 22:01.