Crab,
I would be interested to see how much initial and continuation training is given to the mechanics who winch op in other countries.
I was winch op for ship service operations years ago and we had to do Company recurrency training every few months.
It was a check ride with the Chief Engineer of the Base who was an ex-Mil Instructor and included all the emergency drills as well as winching an Apprentice into the Bay if there was one that fell for the "want to come for a flip? " line....
