Filling-in
All good points and maybe completely irrelevant to the latest Bristow accident - seems like we're all shooting the breeze and waiting for the report to come out - and there are probably quite a few of us who do not believe the report will be published in a credible and useful format .........
PS - on the subject of map reading, whilst there is little use of a paper map 'offshore' the skill-set and ability to form the 'big picture' comes from such a basic skill.
I have been sat on a deck visual with our next destination - confirmed by approximate heading and distance blah blah - whilst co had been delaying checks to update gps of next location - laudable but we were on the fuel line and had just come from there!
I just hope that more ap work is mandated in OPCs etc - rather than rushing through the box-ticking and catching the last flight home........
The trouble is - until the proverbial hits the fan - no one knows how good your training has been