EASA consider that Class 1 Performance profiles are incompatible with the wearing of NVG.
Care to explain that nugget of wisdom held by the folks at EASA?
Any Position Papers issued by the Bureaucrats at EASA where they stake out their position and justify what they are saying?
Norway EMS has been using NVG's since 2002.
Rotor & Wing Magazine :: NVG Certification Needs to be Quicker, Operators Agree at Helitech
How does "Night" and the inability of the Human being to see well in the dark....figure into all this?
When you say the Bases and Hospitals are lit.....what about all the surrounding areas that might be useful in the case of an Emergency Landing? Are they well lit too?
Are all the obstacles sticking up well lit and marked?
These "experts" at EASA/JAA/JAR/CAA......how much real time operatonal experience using NVG's do they have?