Thread: East Kaweka Helicopters - CAA Licence expired.

Figured so, UK?

Yup

Whinging POM syndrome strikes again

No not that so much Pengy, more that general aviation and military aviation are just completely different worlds and typically don't mix well together. This is compounded by foreign preconceptions of best practice and lack of commercial grounding.

Originally Posted by Pengy

Whinging POM syndrome strikes again

Where??

Would a overseas military pilot shut the machine down before troops can disembark in a war zone?

When flown in the USA, rotas come to a complete stop before disembarked,

Originally Posted by tetawa

Would a overseas military pilot shut the machine down before troops can disembark in a war zone?

Soldiers don,t run into tail rotors or lift there hands above there heads to wave goodbye to the pilot. Bloody poms are everywhere

Originally Posted by tetawa

Would a overseas military pilot shut the machine down before troops can disembark in a war zone?

Soldiers don,t run into tail rotors or lift there hands above there heads to wave goodbye to the pilot. Bloody poms are everywhere

Originally Posted by tetawa

Would a overseas military pilot shut the machine down before troops can disembark in a war zone?

Exactly, the crewman/crewmen on board oversees loading and unloading of passenger or payload. The pilots are able to remain at the control while the rotors are in motion in their application.

Bit of a stutter there Taff

By the time the rotor head stops turning the chopper is unloaded and would be lifting off again.
Anyone who goes near the rear of a chopper deserves a darwin award
Saying that I bet a lot of pilots cross their heart when lifting off without any casualties from nutcases jumping out and running around like Rambo

Originally Posted by Taff

When flown in the USA, rotas come to a complete stop before disembarked,

Really?

None of the Heli's I was in did that.

Some of them didn't even stop or fucking touch the ground.

Originally Posted by Taff

When flown in the USA, rotas come to a complete stop before disembarked,

Depends on the task as to whether it's appropriate to shut down, however there needs to be relief to allow loading and unloading by the pilot rotors in motion.

If the pilot/crew person does a good briefing then there is no need to shut down, it would be time consuming & expensive( turbines) half the roar parties would never get to there blocks at popular places like the Cascade in south Westland if they had to do it.

Exactly what outdoorlad said.
But if certain members of a govt organisation had their way, then the currently legal practice of exiting a running helicopter would be banned. Meaning longer time to load and unload passengers, refueling etc. unless the pilot had a crew member with them. But then that reduces one seat for a paying passenger.
When done correctly it is perfectly safe. And I have no concerns at all doing it.
Interestingly enough. The large oil and gold company's I flew for banned pilot exiting a running helicopter. So all refueling and unloading was done by a crew member.
I do hope NZ doesn't go down the road of banning it. Like many other countries have.

Anyway, never flown in with EKH but they sound like a good operator, so I hope they get the cert back soon.

Good luck for the roar everyone!