Comments on: Hot or cold

By: yu73jd5AXq4

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By: rangerb3

rangerb3 — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:47:05 +0000

Agreed with both posters….especially about John Q Public!

I owned and operated a helicopter sightseeing business for a few years and we routinely, “hot” fueled our bird to save on downtime. My employees were very good at, “knowing” where they were and, “controlling” who was around during those critical times….even with highly trained people “in” control, things can happen unexpectedly! Thanks to GOD, I never had anything happen during those times!

By: Dale Long

Dale Long — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:57:59 +0000

An ER nurse told me the other night about a security guard who back himself into a tail rotor and split his head open. He was just being curious, of course and had no need to be that close to the HOT op. His family picked up a lot of money from a legal action.

A pilot has no control over a crowd and sits in the aircraft having to trust others to be careful. For my part, I don’t trust others to be careful. If John Q Public is standing around, beware running HOT.

By: Avi Weiss

Avi Weiss — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:02:15 +0000

Operate helicopters professionally long enough, and one is almost guaranteed to see at least one “near miss” on human-to-spinning-blade contact. Thankfully all my observations have been misses.

I always felt that the Fenestron and NOTAR were great simply from the reduction of inadvertent rotor contact, with both human and inanimate objects.

But I concur, so long as those operating around the aircraft are properly trained, and the area around the aircraft is properly controlled and absent of encroachment, “hot ops” can be a time and money saver…