Take off and landing profiles
Jim
Does all this make it problematic when a large helicopter is used for 'Utility' work and has to operate from sites that cannot comply with either the published Cat A or Cat B profiles. Does EASA allow alleviations for 'aerial work'?
The one question that is always begged by these academic arguments and debates is that in the real world sites that are 'compliant' i.e. properly surveyed, are almost non existent and the very nature of most public transport (non airport) operations and all Cat B operations take place from unsurveyed (non-compliant) sites
Lest we forget offshore locations/vessels do not qualify as 'surveyed' in the 'obstacle' context by virtue of the changeable nature of their structures and environments.
G.