ED Decision 2016/022/R
FLIGHT CREW TRAINING AND CHECKING
(a) Flight crew training programmes should:
(1) improve knowledge of the offshore operations environment with particular consideration of visual illusions during approach, introduced by lighting, motion and weather factors;
(2) improve crew cooperation specifically for offshore operations;
(3) provide flight crew members with the necessary skills to appropriately manage the risks associated with normal, abnormal and emergency procedures during flights by day and night;
(4) if night operations are conducted, give particular consideration to approach, go-around, landing, and take-off phases;
(5) include instructions on the optimum use of the helicopter’s automatic flight control system (AFCS);
(6) for multi-pilot operation, emphasise the importance of multi-crew procedures, as well as the role of the pilot monitoring during all phases of the flight; and
(7) include standard operating procedures.
(b) Emergency and safety equipment training should focus on the equipment fitted/carried. Water entry and sea survival training, including operation of all associated safety equipment, should be an element of the recurrent training, as described in AMC1Â ORO.FC.230(a)(2)(iii)(F).
(c) The training elements referred to above should be assessed during: operator proficiency checks, line checks, or, as applicable, emergency and safety equipment checks.
(d) Training and checking should make full use of full flight simulators (FFSs) for normal, abnormal, and emergency procedures related to all aspects of helicopter offshore operations (HOFO).
Guidance for helicopter offshore flight crew training: improve environment knowledge, crew cooperation, risk management, night operations, AFCS use, multi-crew procedures, and standard operating procedures.
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