Super Puma down central North Sea Feb 2009
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That comment could also mean they likened the landing to hard landings they had experienced in the past as they would undoubtably have in their time travelling to and from the platfroms. I would imagine the similarity ended as it got wet.
Doesn't necessarilty mean no warning was given. However, until clear evidence is received it is useless to speculate on areas where errors may or may not have been made.
Don't jump to the most exciting conclusion or you;re doing the same job as the experts you deride on TV.
The reason they don't get people who know what they are talking about is current North Sea pilots don't jump onto the TV and start blathering and speculating when they would rather wait and get the actual information in good time when a report is produced in the cold light of day. In that way we can all learn lessons and make offshore flying safer.
Doesn't necessarilty mean no warning was given. However, until clear evidence is received it is useless to speculate on areas where errors may or may not have been made.
Don't jump to the most exciting conclusion or you;re doing the same job as the experts you deride on TV.
The reason they don't get people who know what they are talking about is current North Sea pilots don't jump onto the TV and start blathering and speculating when they would rather wait and get the actual information in good time when a report is produced in the cold light of day. In that way we can all learn lessons and make offshore flying safer.
If the media is looking...I am available.
After all....I have an opinion on everything...and am usually well un-informed thus suited for the task.
Where's the makeup room?
After all....I have an opinion on everything...and am usually well un-informed thus suited for the task.
Where's the makeup room?
coalface, given the media's record on selected reporting, it would be all too easy for the local rag to leave out a statement from one of the pax along the lines of "The pilot made a 'brace, brace, brace' call on the PA....", wouldn't it?
Well done to all involved, from someone with a vested interest in getting home safely next week. Lets wait for the professionals to tell us what happened, eh?
Well done to all involved, from someone with a vested interest in getting home safely next week. Lets wait for the professionals to tell us what happened, eh?
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Super Puma down in North Sea
Further to a couple of earlier postings - I was yet again gobsmacked by the GMTV "girlie" reporter who managed in three sentences to plunge and plummet as well as liken the incident to the Hudson River Airbus! What ARE they like!
Brilliant Stuff Congratulations to the crew!!!! Well Done!!
If all that money, two pilots, gadgets and gizmos, fancy EFIS displays, EGPWS, don't help keep it out of the water, then why spend 30 mil on one? If the selling point of an aircraft is how well it floats on the surface after it goes into the water, then I suggest that the manufacturers have gone in the wrong direction. I'll take the one that doesn't end up in the water, thank you. Yeah, the old 61 could bob pretty good too.
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No briefing to the passengers doesn't help make the ditching sound like a planned event.
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I thought the CBC here in Canada had it about right, then they went on to describe the aircraft as the same as Cougar use out of St Johns, last time I looked Cougar were S92. Ive been in remote camp for last 5 weeks so maybe Cougar switched back to Puma;s since I left home. gotta love the media
Not as amusing as Skye with their lego variant though, thats just classic........
Not as amusing as Skye with their lego variant though, thats just classic........
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I assume this use of the 'Super Puma' tag doesn't mean they're ceasing use of the Super Puma (332) but of the Super Puma MKII+(225)
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SAS,
Sounds like you're perfect for the job. They can edit out the bits involving your personal knowledge of the subject.
Whirls, does makeup need the compact, the trowel or the shovel?
Sounds like you're perfect for the job. They can edit out the bits involving your personal knowledge of the subject.
Whirls, does makeup need the compact, the trowel or the shovel?
FW....you plainly have not met Whirls. She keeps several cosmetic makers working two shifts.
She is kinda like that Tammy Faye Baker lady....when they took off her make up one day...they found Jimmy Hoffa!
She is kinda like that Tammy Faye Baker lady....when they took off her make up one day...they found Jimmy Hoffa!