What chance I got?
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What chance I got?
Ok I have question I’m a professional pilot for 27 years with a mere 5500 hours mostly instruction when am I going to die in a helicopter...... lots have bite the dust who were considerably more experienced than me !
Last edited by cyclic flare; 11th Dec 2019 at 22:31.
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Meh- could be tomorrow. Heck, could be today! What, you want to live forever? Then choose another profession. Dying in a helicopter is something that we who do it for a living simply don't think about...because if you do think about it too much, you'd have to quit. At least, I would. It would drive me crazy. No, I prefer to concentrate on staying alive in a helicopter. That's a much more positive thing to focus on, I believe. And you know, a lot of it is simply out of our control.
If you've been doing this for as long as you say, you've undoubtedly had some very close calls. We all have. And we all go through periods of depression and (ahem) introspection, especially when we see a guy with so much more experience than us having a fatal. Sometimes it hits us pretty hard. And we get to wondering, "When is it going to be my turn?" But again, you have to shrug those feelings off and continue to punch the button. It'll happen...or not...whenever. And if it does? I'm cool with that. I knew the risks when I signed up.
You did too.
If you've been doing this for as long as you say, you've undoubtedly had some very close calls. We all have. And we all go through periods of depression and (ahem) introspection, especially when we see a guy with so much more experience than us having a fatal. Sometimes it hits us pretty hard. And we get to wondering, "When is it going to be my turn?" But again, you have to shrug those feelings off and continue to punch the button. It'll happen...or not...whenever. And if it does? I'm cool with that. I knew the risks when I signed up.
You did too.
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Originally Posted by cyclic flare
Ok I have question I’m a professional pilot for 27 years with a mere 5500 hours mostly instruction when am I going to die in a helicopter...... lots have bite the dust who were considerably more experienced than me !
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Dying of old age, dementia, cancer....or just a sudden onset of severe gravity.....in the end we all are leaving here.
I am like a lot of folks....dying doesn't scare me a bit.....I just don't want to be there when it happens.
I am like a lot of folks....dying doesn't scare me a bit.....I just don't want to be there when it happens.
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Well I have twice the hours and do I think about it, yes, but big deal, we all die sometime, just think of all the good times. Be fatalistic, if your time is up your time is up, dont worry about it. Wont stop me flying a longline in the mountains in a single engine, lots think I am mad but more likely to be killed on my mountain bike !
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Originally Posted by aa777888
Unless you are doing fair rides, or flying in a Robinson, apparently.
To paraphrase Orwell, some risks are more "equal" than others.
To paraphrase Orwell, some risks are more "equal" than others.
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Originally Posted by nomorehelosforme
No one mentioned a Robinson or fairground ride, you had your say in the thread relevant to that, why drag it into a totally unrelated topic?
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Don't worry, it's not so easy to kill yourself with a helicopter.
I managed 46 years and about 23k hours with only one crash and a few near misses and now the bloody cancer got me
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I really would have prefered to died in a nice crash, but that's life. You unfortunately can't chose.
I managed 46 years and about 23k hours with only one crash and a few near misses and now the bloody cancer got me
.I really would have prefered to died in a nice crash, but that's life. You unfortunately can't chose.
