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Old 30th October 2013 | 09:10
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SARWannabe
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As always we Brits are a little too quick to point out how people are not doing things 'right', (helicopterinterested, you don't need a capital letter after a comma... ), and because we don't experience much in the way of genuine limited power, mountain illusions/weather, white-out, blowing snow, aerial utility work, or aerial tourism, we are quick to forget what helicopters are actually used for in more interesting parts of the world, and how they are operated! Take for example the debate on the Norweigan helicopter doing a hover exit, a helicopter being used...... as a helicopter.

We're quite good at offshore 'Performance Class 1' operations over here (well sometimes), and thats the level of safety and redundancy that we know and come to expect, you cannot wipe your a$$ unless you have a spare piece of tissue prepped and waiting, just incase. We're not very good at understanding that elsewhere in the world people fly around in the 'avoid' curve all day long, people use a single engine over cities, even to sling people off mountains (Class D load), and the general accepted risk is 'different', although still calculated.

These guys made a mistake (as ours did not so long ago causing the big fuss oop north) it will happen sooner or later, I hope they make a full recovery and get back to what they are very good at
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