Can an aircraft limit be broken for SAR?
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So you're at war, and on the day the General says "over the top lads, into a hot LZ with a load of soldiers and I expect a few of you won't come back". Flight safety? MAUW precludes carrying that extra box of ammo for the troops? Arse. Salute, yes sir thankyou very much, and execute.
Now I'm not suggesting that SAR always justifies breaking rules (although it might) and I'm not suggesting that wartime ops mean flight safety is ignored (but it might). War, by definition, is not safe. There is a sliding scale of mission vs safety, starting at commercial passenger operations and ending in the commitment of military resources to a high-risk mission.
Now I'm not suggesting that SAR always justifies breaking rules (although it might) and I'm not suggesting that wartime ops mean flight safety is ignored (but it might). War, by definition, is not safe. There is a sliding scale of mission vs safety, starting at commercial passenger operations and ending in the commitment of military resources to a high-risk mission.
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If you're exceeding the MAUW, make sure you mention it. If the plan for the battle includes losing some machines due to disregard for the orders, then they won't be surprised. However, if the plan doesn't call for that loss then perhaps there's a plan to use those machines tomorrow.
It was mentioned before that the rules are not just for safety of the crew, but also they indicate what risk has been accepted by higher command. If the risk has been accepted then so have the consequences which include the chance of loss of resources.
This is quite valid in the SAR scenario. If you purposely break a machine to try and complete a mission that you can't otherwise do, then what happens to the following missions.
Again, I'm not saying don't break the orders, just make sure you have considered the consequences.
It was mentioned before that the rules are not just for safety of the crew, but also they indicate what risk has been accepted by higher command. If the risk has been accepted then so have the consequences which include the chance of loss of resources.
This is quite valid in the SAR scenario. If you purposely break a machine to try and complete a mission that you can't otherwise do, then what happens to the following missions.
Again, I'm not saying don't break the orders, just make sure you have considered the consequences.
