Goggles?
Do these pilots have NVG's?
This requirement for one pilot to have landed on each spot every six months seems unnecessary/ridiculous/extremely overcautious to me.
I am really confused by this entire operation. I land by myself at all kinds of scenes at night. There are no lights except what I bring, and I have never been there before, in fact I am certain that no helicopter has ever landed at some of these places and never will again.
As for the lights, if wearing goggles I would rather they turn off the lights completely once I locate the pad. (Although I don't need that either with GPS etc.)
I understand it is very dark at times over remote areas but if you have an actual landing pad with roads leading to it and ambulance lights etc nearby I really don't see the problem.
**If you have have NVG's**