Oh, goody. I've been patronised by TC.
Originally Posted by
76fan
Perhaps because the idea of "cruising" at 50-100 ft on a black wild North Sea winter night whilst dealing with an engine fire sounds a little naive?
I was just as intrigued about the comment about coming off the deck at Vy (ie 80kts). Now, maybe it was a typo, or maybe I was just reading it a bit too literally, but 80kts? Really? 8kts maybe, not 80kts. It's a helideck, not a bleeding runway.
If you pulled your stunt, apologies, 'profile' in the sim, I imagine that you would have a nice long de-brief with the TRI, followed by some re-training. If you did it for real, I imagine that the de-brief would probably come from your Chief Pilot and your Head of Training. Followed by some re-training. As FarEastDriver has so eloquently described, SOPs are there for a reason. What you suggest is some way outside what would be considered an SOP.
When I first read the comment, I thought that it would have been more likely to come from one of your arch-nemeses, nigelh or chopc*ck. But what it really did was to highlight either a) your (no doubt, considerable) age or b) your ignorance. From your subsequent post, it would appear to have been b).