Most dangerous
 

Question for everyone, what is , statistically the most dangerous role a heli pilot can undertake. Is it HEMS , SAR , that crazy cattle rustling stuff or what? ( No offence to crazy castle herders out there ) :ok: :ok:

Hats off to the chaps who tried to sort out Chernobyl.

Exactly. And if it happened in the west, how many of us could say that we'd do the same?

I'd have thougt that the low level stuff - powerlines, mustering, vertical reference would be up there.

I always heard that Ag work and mustering were probably the most dangerous roles you can partake in.

Teaching me might rank fairly high :}

Cheers

Whirls

How about fire fighting and the guys who do the mountain rescues in Alaska with the Lamas.

My bet by numbers...
HEMS ?

HEMS is probably one of the worst major sectors. (Unlike many activities) I suspect the rate is country dependent for HEMS. Given what HEMS can do in the USA and what they don't do in Europe, no surprise really: night ad-hoc landings etc as against day-only (effectively).

It would be ineresting to know whether the real stats reflected people's views.

Statistically, I'm not sure those statistics exist. There are perceptions, but that's not the same thing.

@ Helinut
The HEMS companies in Switzerland do night rescue. With NVG and all the other fancy stuff. The only night accident I know of was once a guy hovered backwards in the hangar door.
They can do it, because the swiss heli ops did not change to JAR yet ... and frankly, I hope they never will. The brits wrote too much silly things in JAR, which would bring down a lot of helicopter companies. :E

Hey, it's not just the Brits! The Germans (and others) were at it, too! :(

Phil

I knew that would happen. :O
The Brits wrote most of it ... and some other countries who care more about flying over flat parts of the world. :p

I always thought the most dangereous role was posting on Pprune.;)

American HEMS crews have a death rate 20x all other job types in this country including hard rock mining, coal mining, high steel workers, Police Officers and Fire Fighters.

Ahh, but is it as dangerous as Alaskan snow-crab fishing??

Catching crabs can be quite hazardous I hear, especially in some parts of the world!:E

How safe is the european offshore flying?

what about the guys on the Yukon side (kluane park) flying rescues in the same mountains with Jet Rangers? 19,000 feet +:eek:

I think the guys flying the 500s for Blackwater in Iraq would probably take the top spot. Who else non-military has M-4's and Minimi's as standard equipment onboard.... ;)

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Where do I apply?

Pretty sure it's anything involving an R-22....:eek: