Originally Posted by
Mechta
As a number of the incidents & accidents that have been discussed here relate to cases in which the controlling pilot allowed the helicopter to gradually get out of a safe condition, to the extent that the subsequent report deemed that the non-controlling pilot should have intervened, could any of you enlighten me how this practice of recognizing and determining the correct point for taking control by the non-controlling pilot is practiced in the simulator in a realistic manner?
In addition, what proportion of a pilot's annual simulator time might be spent in practicing these 'Its time to take over' scenarios?
This is a question for the plank-flyers too. There have been several unfortunate plank incidents recently where exactly this question arises.