SLF
The first time I heard the term SLF was from a friend of mine who is SLF, therefore if its good enough for them its good enough for me! I believe it has its origins in the military.
Better than pax, which is just a lazy shortening, at least SLF has some ironic humour to lighten the mood.
As has been said, helicopters are not normally grounded following an accident and let's remember that the airworthiness authorities did not even ground the EC225 after 2 ditchings from more or less the same cause in the same year. The CAA Flight Ops put a ban on offshore CAT, only applicable for UK. The reason why the aircraft stopped flying was because the operators and oil companies decided it was the best course of action, and I think we all agreed it was a good idea until the real cause was understood.
II - you have an excellent memory, clearly senility has yet to catch up with you!
Last edited by HeliComparator; 8th Sep 2013 at 16:19.