USA ha aldri brydd seg med å kreve to sertifiserte flygere i kommersiell helikoptervirksomhet. Jeg mener at IFALPA Policy holder vann og at to flygere må være et krav når en flyr betalende last, eksempelvis passasjerer eller pasienter. Amerikanske helikopterflygere har aldri fått innpass i amerikanske flygeres internasjonale (USA og Canada) organisasjon,, ALPA international. .(Red.)
More Safety Training For Primary Helo Students Urged
- July 25, 2019, 11:16 AM
A
marked upshift in the U.S. fatal helicopter rate in recent months has prompted
at least one member of the U.S. Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) to advocate for
incorporating the safety tools generated by the organization into initial and
recurrent helicopter pilot training. Embry-Riddle associate professor Scott
Burgess, a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot and current rotorcraft CFI, told a
forum audience this morning at EAA Airventure that “We in the industry have to
do our part to educate those who come behind us. We have to implement these
things [safety tools] in training early on. It is important for flight schools
in particular.”
Burgess
said this will require a cultural shift when it comes to primary helicopter
flight training as currently conducted. “We find ourselves so restricted
timewise in the training room that we just cover what is required by the
FAA,” he said, but clearly more is required. “Ab initio training is where we
create that mindset for the new pilot that safety is important and [the
pilot] needs to pay attention to this. Showing...statistics is a hell of a
lot better than showing...a pool of blood.”
Safety
tools that are easily integrated into a training program get students “chewing
on that steak” and make it more likely that they will “carry that lesson
forward,” Burgess said. He added that it was also important to incorporate
safety tools into recurrent training for experienced, older pilots who need to
be told to “use these resources” and given “more guided instruction.”
Ultimately,
Burgess said that peer performance groups like the USHST can “put a bandage on
a lot of things but we are not going to plug the whole dam.” In the wake of a
rash of fatal accidents in the last 12 months, the organization’s goal of
reducing fatal accidents from 0.76 to 0.61 per 100,000 flight hours seems
largely illusionary. After dropping to a rate of 0.54 in 2016, the fatal
accident rate rose to 0.72 last year and is poised to go even higher in 2019.
But
Burgess said that is not dissuading the organization from developing additional
safety tools and safety enhancements based on its analysis of accident data.
“Helicopter safety enhancements are the actions behind pursuing a higher safety
rate, “ he said. “We just need to keep our heads down and keep plugging.” The
next meeting of the USHST will be held August 14-15 at Robinson Helicopter in
Torrance, California.
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