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Old 22nd Feb 2014, 19:44
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Originally Posted by SASless
I am not believing what I am seeing here!

Sea State applies to the body of water you are flying OVER....where or why you are flying over it has naught to do with business....just the mere fact you are exposed to a qualifying Sea State at any point in your flight should be the Criteria.
It could be. In your opinion. However there area couple of problems with using sea state anywhere en route.

Firstly, who is going to measure it?

And secondly, we all know that helicopters only crash near the offshore installations whilst taking off and landing, that's why we have the safety vessels lurking there...... Er, well, that used to be the perceived wisdom anyway! How many out of the 5? Oh yes, just one, the ETAP!
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