Bad weather planning
Chief Bottle Washer
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Bad weather planning
With severe weather forecast for the north of the UK in 2 days (-6C Friday night for the Highlands, 20cm of snow), are any Rotorheads involved in contingency planning?
I suspect some Northern North Sea operations may be affected, what about SAR/Police operations planning ahead?
Or do we follow the good old tried and tested "it'll be OK on the night"
I suspect some Northern North Sea operations may be affected, what about SAR/Police operations planning ahead?
Or do we follow the good old tried and tested "it'll be OK on the night"
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And the bathroom scales!
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I must confess that this is the sort of thing I was talking about, but I guess thread creep is an inevitable fact of life here 
(Just a little cyclonic low?)
(Just a little cyclonic low?)
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Not sure how old that milk in your tea actually is, but judging by that picture the yucky stuff floating on top, I think it's gone off.
Bad weather contingency planning
Came into work after cancelling the days flying to tie the factory forklift to the hangar door, along with a minibus, artic truck, pick-up.......etc etc
I've seen that zebra somewhere.........
Senior Pilot - other than taking the phone off the hook and hoping the ARCCK don't notice, you pretty much take it as it comes. It very much depends on the job and how life threatening the casualties condition/situation is. If you can get the hangar doors open and get the aircraft onto dispersal, then you just have to decide if it is safe to start the rotors.
The thread on the ferry rescue shows that some will always ignore the forecast for financial gain (truckers again) - fortunately Valley, Prestwick and the Irish CG (I think) didn't have their phones off the hook.
I have sat on shift with the wind howling, convinced someone would get into trouble but nothing happened - you just don't sleep very well
Senior Pilot - other than taking the phone off the hook and hoping the ARCCK don't notice, you pretty much take it as it comes. It very much depends on the job and how life threatening the casualties condition/situation is. If you can get the hangar doors open and get the aircraft onto dispersal, then you just have to decide if it is safe to start the rotors.
The thread on the ferry rescue shows that some will always ignore the forecast for financial gain (truckers again) - fortunately Valley, Prestwick and the Irish CG (I think) didn't have their phones off the hook.
I have sat on shift with the wind howling, convinced someone would get into trouble but nothing happened - you just don't sleep very well
Sunbathing time
Hang on chaps let me get the trucks on and find my sunglasses. Minus 6 eh, wow
As we speak praying the temp will drop another 3 degrees to minus 40 C so I can cancell or have a late start to a very short day.
Stay warm guys in the old sod,long johns,bunny boots and lots of coffee. Nothing like sitting on top of a repeater site shut down and trying to stay warm. Ah the joys of aviation.
As we speak praying the temp will drop another 3 degrees to minus 40 C so I can cancell or have a late start to a very short day.
Stay warm guys in the old sod,long johns,bunny boots and lots of coffee. Nothing like sitting on top of a repeater site shut down and trying to stay warm. Ah the joys of aviation.
