Re:I know how hard it would have been to escape the helicopt...
by ColinWright on Sunday March 18, 2018 @09:35AM
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I've been on helicopters multiple times flying out to oil rigs. Never far enough to have to get the certificate via the dunk test, but every single time we wore a dry suit and watched the safety briefing.
Every time.
It's been a few decades, but to this day every time I'm in an aircraft, at take off and landing I have one hand on the buckle, one arm pointing at the escape route, feet tucked under, belt pulled tight across my hips, head pressed back.
This article reads all-too-true, and brings back many memories. Fortunately none of my memories are of tragedies like this, but they do tell me that accidents are by their very nature unpredictable. We do what we can to be prepared.
Every time.
It's been a few decades, but to this day every time I'm in an aircraft, at take off and landing I have one hand on the buckle, one arm pointing at the escape route, feet tucked under, belt pulled tight across my hips, head pressed back.
This article reads all-too-true, and brings back many memories. Fortunately none of my memories are of tragedies like this, but they do tell me that accidents are by their very nature unpredictable. We do what we can to be prepared.
Sometimes it's not enough.