I guess we will soon see the arrival of multiple FCOM's and I'm sure these grey areas will be addressed. I'm also sure that with so much expertise to hand they will do so in such a way that reinforces the OEM's view on the average piloting skills available to deal with those real but uncommon situations where the ability to maintain sufficient surface contact and useful (?) forward visibility overtake the unsuspecting offshore aviator.
What we don't want, of course, is for the OEM to come to the opinion that the night environment is universally benign or universally impossible. Thank goodness that OEM's have at their disposal copious numbers of offshore experienced pilots that thoroughly understand the feeling you get when you pitch ten degrees nose down on a dark, moonless rainy night and the overwhelming desire to keep looking outside is overcome by the need to get on the dials as you accelerate through the flicker of 20 knots and stare at the VSI daring it to read less than zero.
G.
