Originally Posted by
albatross
What seat would you use if you were planning to come to a hover on the port side and transition right onto the deck? Anyhoo the Capt usually sits in the RHS.
A more pertinent question might be why they chose that approach path.
Why would you come to a hover anyway except when already well within/over the aiming circle? I don't fly the S92, I fly something quite underpowered so we aim to fly Cat A to the deck. But not hitting solid objects takes preference over complying with the power requirements if we get it wrong.
With little or no wind we approach at as close to 90 degrees to the deck heading as we feel comfortable with. Either seat pilot is fully capable of landing the aircraft within limits. I'm very curious about the reasoning behind this approach.