Crab & Geoffers. Doh ! I'm not making a point about what an O&G crew would do on an ARA approach to a hypothetical deck, or whether such a crew could get in on that night.
Like SASless I'm talking about what ANY crew (corporate, O&G, SAR) OUGHT to be doing when making an approach to a well surveyed and much used onshore site (Blacksod).
Just because SAR crews CAN make approaches like this crew, and on many occasions I'm sure HAVE to, doesn't mean they SHOULD or should have to when making fuels stops onshore. Flexibility can be provided by adjusting minima for the role if required.
And I'm not making competitive points about SAR vs O&G vs Corporate either. Corporate are quite capable of flying perfectly serviceable helicopters into cranes and O&G can drop perfectly serviceable helicopters into the drink off well designed approaches.
Last edited by puntosaurus; 30th Apr 2017 at 16:34.