Headline news - 'Fat, overpaid oil workers overstressing helicopter gearboxes'
There you go - it's all the bears in the back's fault, job done
Could well be correct. In China the pax weigh an average of 150lbs with lifejacket. Not room for a lot af freight so it is topped up with fuel. On a single out and back over 160 n.m. it does not need refuelling so on the way back it only has 3200 odd lbs in the back and 2,000 lbs in the tanks so it is just coasting as far as stresses are concerned.