Hard life of Helicopter Pilots, carrying workers to North Sea Oil Platforms, Kirkwall, Orkney

Eurocopter EC225LP, Kirkwall Airport, Orkney

[@tarence319]

Okay,...was that really a sarcastic type statement about the hard life of helicopter pilots? I didn't see any hard life,....I only see a pilot doing what he loves doing,..........FLYING A HELICOPTER!!! Did I miss something?!!!

[@moomeansmooable]

+tarence319 very dangerous work for a chopper pilot, the death toll is pretty high due to the constant bad weather over the north sea.

[@tarence319]

+Senseist Oh WOW my friend,.......I did NOT, know that. Hats off to these guys then,......especially knowing the danger factor but continue to fly.

[@allybally0021]

+Senseist Death toll? Maybe when they are driving home or trying to tell the wife to cut back the spending. When was the last fatality?

[@moomeansmooable]

2009 16 fatalities 2013 4 fatalities/ 14 wounded

[@allybally0021]

Senseist It is 4 fatal accidents in the UK offshore sector in the last 20 years. Given the hundreds of thousands of workers and crew carried it is not a high casualty rate. I agree they face inclement and quickly changing weather, and some tricky landings. Rather them than me.

[@tehanalyzer217]

I thought the pilots were like Ram Pits in ice pilots, cold freezing winter. The need to heat the engine, remove ice the heli, tie down the heli in frigid cold. This one is flying in a nice sunny day!...

[@dkoz8321]

IMHO this video is flipped horizontally. Eurocopter (Airbus Helicopters) rotor turn clockwise. North American helicopters have counterclockwise turning rotors.

[@cementer7665]

Made many a trip in and out of Unst, working on Chevron's Ninian platforms

[@dan2665]

Hard job my arse, north sea taxi drivers, so many regulations these days its like getting a bus to work, not like the 80s when we had the old ex-navy pilots that flew in any weather and got you there and back safely, and with a laugh in between.

[@alaitain]

Awesome, Amazing to see such a great vehicle/machine... Piece of work...💯👌

[@yeahbuddy1270]

Not easy, having all those souls onboard. Good job 👏

[@hilarymorrison8211]

Been there done that for years, loved it offshore.

[@hamzaugradar5809]

are you a helicopter pilot?

[@djpollo2474]

@@hamzaugradar5809 nah bro he uses telepathy to carry helicopters and send them to oil brigades

[@kojack635]

@@djpollo2474 nice

[@barneytorr1]

Worked on every one of the Brents and a few flotels as well as part of the catering crew between 89 - 94

[@dwno5670]

You have to give the pilots and the workers a lot of credit for what they do where life is danger if just one thing goes wrong.☺️😊😀🌺🌺🌺

[@tommo01]

Does anyone know why the helicopter maintains full revs while on the ground, rather than switching off or at least cutting the power a bit?

[@NathanFostr]

Cutting the power on such a large turbine Helicopter means going through full shutdown, which takes a while. And startup procedures can take anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes depending on the circumstances. It's pretty crazy, every time you start a helicopter you have to go through the full safety check.

[@olafurmikaelsson4794]

@@NathanFostr goung to ground idle only takes a couple secounds and start up in the 225 is about 3-5 minutes max

[@ambiguousscreenname]

Most of my knowledge is from a single turbine type that is not the same as in the video, but... Bringing the engines to idle will cause the generators to go offline, so you lose all your AC power in the aircraft. You can bring the APU on to provide AC power. However, it's been my experience that with both engines at idle and the APU on, fuel savings are barely noticeable unless you're sitting there for an extended time (an hour or more).

[@tommo01]

@@ambiguousscreenname Thank you for that explanation!

[@chris22capt]

@@ambiguousscreenname I don't know much about 225, but on 145, the generator won't go offline with both engines on idle.

[@ryanm.191]

I see the same kind of helos here in Norwich flying people out to rigs Would love to fly them myself one day if it wasn’t for the lack of care from the higher ups

[@TFT-bp8zk]

You still waiting on that handout or did you finally realize that you have to earn that seat with hard work

[@BlueSky-qv7cd]

Besides the military and large medical corporations, off shore oil rigs are about the only fields that will support the operation of helicopters for hauling people.

[@nm628679c]

+John doe- And your point is??

[@Coordinator61]

Hard life? Is this a joke, they love flying.

[@ranjitsian5481]

Good work

[@swill1020]

Hard life of suntan oil applicators for Hawaiian Tropic Lotion Co.

[@drclean2000]

Why is the audio so choppy???

[@johnmcgovern3806]

As if I had never seen that before, no commentary, no facts!

[@debbiecclark6538]

All deriding the chopper pilots.... Tell it with a smirk to those who died I. The North Sea. 2002 ,!!!!!

[@gabrielchanel4448]

Imagine if it touch down like a fixed wing plane

[@daohanlu6494]

Gears?

[@evantugby]

Hard life? Is that sarcasm? With practice, flying a helicopter is easy. What is hard about it?

[@terrytytula]

Why does he have to taxi out to the runway like he's an aircraft?

[@tommiloudd3846]

Technically an helicopter is an aircraft and, helicopters, must do taxiing in the same way as airplanes do.

[@TheDustoff9]

He doesn’t HAVe to surface taxi, but when a hard surface is available, ..it’s hard to defend NOT using it IF ya end up losing an engine or aborting the takeoff for any reason.

[@woundedhealer5416]

Nice video. *Looks at the comments* I'm leaving now ok?

[@wowedcanbewowed1473]

I want to fly one.

[@mrthomaslaux1]

How much they make?

[@alaitain]

Hard life ? 😃😃😃😃 Just flying , Piloting Helicopter! Yeah right making $6,000 to $10,000 a month.

[@todotuyo5234]

The title was just a click bait

[@jmenge4253]

Hard life? what`s hard about it?

[@notar187]

It was good landing

[@HYPNOTICVIDEO]

So much hate in these comments. Welcome to You tube.

[@zzodr]

Notice he turns into wind before touching down.

[@mvdb8028]

the pilot does not turn into the wind before landing...he turns on to the taxiway and lands there...do not know why but sometime's they do that....

[@gbuist1]

He does turn into the wind. Look at the wind sock. It is safer and more fule efficient to land and take of directly into the wind.

[@mvdb8028]

George Buist Your argument about fuel is correct. But you see the wide strip of tarmac...??? That is the landing strip... when the pilot turns he turns on to the Taxi strip. If there was a crosswind he would have approached the landing strip in a different angel.... search for crosswind landings on you tube and you will see what i mean...

[@gbuist1]

marc van de brug Hi Marc, I fly in and out of Aberdeen every three weeks. The helicopters must follow specific flight paths into the runways just like planes. They can't just approach how they want. They always almost land on the runway then will move onto the taxi way if the wind is coming from that direction. Landing is one of the most dangerous part of the flight. It is better to crash on the main runway than on taxi route, as that is where the best access for emergency services. Fire engines etc.

[@mvdb8028]

George Buist and i'm flying every two weeks from Den Helder to an offshore platform and we never turn on to the Taxi NO matter hoe the wind blows.....If there' s a crosswind the pilot follow his designated flightpath and turns the helicopters into the wind and might have approche the landing strip "sideways".....

[@j.b9648]

Oh yes.....really really hard........

[@gman-qy6my]

so, this video consists of heloes taking off and landing?

[@mikecastellon3022]

Such hard life...oh the suffering..how pitifully hard

[@argoiiisailingyacht2400]

Heroes

[@overbank56]

Why is it a hard life?

[@TufanSevincel]

Christofer Riche meteorology!!!

[@p6x2]

Why are all the passengers dressed in the same way?

[@abbiemiles7529]

@NoVa Storm They're wearing safety gear. If the helicopter ditches in the cold water they won't survive without it... three layers of clothing , a survival suit, a life jacket, ear plugs and earmuffs, the works. Can't go onto the chopper without closed shoes either.

[@abbiemiles7529]

They're wearing safety gear. If the helicopter ditches in the cold water they won't survive without it... three layers of clothing , a survival suit, a life jacket, ear plugs and earmuffs, the works. Can't go onto the chopper without closed shoes either.

[@johnpianavilla8047]

Hard! Lol!!!!

[@estebanwedontneednostinkin9969]

Headline click bait

[@codmott286]

lol why does he taxi, he's in a damn helicopter, he can take off from anywhere!

[@Namco_]

Procedures, regulations to be respected

[@cactusforever7198]

i can never understand why he did that plus it look if he in cross wind lift up

[@3204clivesinclair]

There are reasons some helicopters have wheels, rather than skids - example is this video. Helicopters use less fuel ground taxying and less stress on the rotating lift components. Also some airports like ground taxying - monitoring their movements is safer for all traffic.

[@DAllan-lz3lg]

The stay on the taxiways and runways so that fire services can access if needed

[@ahmadwfiy0434]

Cod Mott shut up AH

[@Intrepid17011]

The ignorance in the comment section is mindblowing

[@CC-bq7wk]

Yeah, pretty dumb statement to make.

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