Rotor heads have all the fun landings

I don't get it. While landing there may not be out right dangerous, it certainly isn't "safe" (or there would be more air evacs out of there). They stated in the news piece that the injury wasn't life threatening. Sure it would have been a pain to hump the injured hiker all the way up to the rim but why risk a helicopter in that way for a non emergency case?
 
Not a bad pinnacle landing. Nothing too dangerous or risky. Oftentimes, helicopters are used for ease of rescue, as well as life threatening. It just depends on the circumstances.

Fun flying though.
 
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I think is one of the gnarlier ones I have seen!
 
Nope that is straight up London flying - there are a whole series of pictures in Google about it.
 
After looking at the photos I can say, from a helo pilot perspective, it was a bit of a non event.

Not a slope landing (Which always makes your hair stand up a bit, no matter how many times you do them), and not an emergency landing (All systems functioning).

Biggest concern would have been the width of the peak being too narrow for the skids. Not hard to judge, and if you do judge it wrong you will know soon enough.

My $0.02.
 
X-Forces said:
After looking at the photos I can say, from a helo pilot perspective, it was a bit of a non event.

Not a slope landing (Which always makes your hair stand up a bit, no matter how many times you do them), and not an emergency landing (All systems functioning).

Biggest concern would have been the width of the peak being too narrow for the skids. Not hard to judge, and if you do judge it wrong you will know soon enough.

My $0.02.
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C'mon now. Every landing is a slope landing........:D
 
Ambulance drivers are better in England, and generally have an amazing level of training. They move a heck of a lot quicker than here in the US. However, traffic is so bad in London, the helicopters can still be used to a good advantage. There are some great video's on Youtube.
 
An opinion based on broad and far reaching experience of the industry in both countries. Sweeping, general and accurate.
 
NickH said:
An opinion based on broad and far reaching experience of the industry in both countries. Sweeping, general and accurate.
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But it comes off as arrogant too. Unless you've been all over the USA and experienced every EMS service here, then the accuracy of that opinion may not be so much so. I'd say it depends. Might it be true here and there? I'm sure it would. Depends on the agency/company and their particular SOPs. I've seen some that have ultra-conservative response guidelines for emergency vehicle driving as well as Code 3 ops; and others that are far more liberal in that sense. It just depends on the particular municipality. The 3 departments I've been in all varied in that sense, and even cities/agencies/companies in the same geographical area can have wide variations in policy. Again, it just depends.

It's the same as saying "Airline pilots are better in England.......". Sweeping, general, and impossible to quantify. The same as saying "Airline pilots are better in the USA..."
 
MikeD said:
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It's the same as saying "Airline pilots are better in England.......". Sweeping, general, and impossible to quantify. The same as saying "Airline pilots are better in the USA..."
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But it's not the same as saying "corporate pilots are better than regional pilots" because, well, that's true!


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Arrogant? Sure! I'm English, we're used to being right.

I don't know much about airline pilots, but I'd say (again, an opinion based on experience, which in this case is far less comprehensive) that English airline pilots are a lot more whiney than their US counterparts.
 
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