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H

elico

p

ter O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

10

T

he

H

LO

w

ill

p

l

ay a

superv

i

sory

ro

l

e

.

He

should

contro

l

and

mon

i

tor

he

li

dec

k

act

i

v

i

t

i

es

from

a

prom

i

nent

pos

i

t

i

on

on

the

he

li

dec

k,

rather

than have hands

-

on

i

nvo

l

vement

.

R

ad

i

o

contact w

ill

be ma

i

nta

i

ned between the

H

LO

and

H

elico

p

ter Master

wh

il

st on

the he

li

dec

k.

S

tandard

hand

s

i

gna

l

s w

ill

be used at

a

ll

t

i

mes

. Si

gna

l

s may be

supp

l

emented by

rad

i

o contact

by

the

H

LO

.

T

he

H

DA

w

ill

put

choc

k

s

i

n p

l

ace

to

secure

a

i

rcraft un

l

ess

d

i

rected

otherw

i

se

by

the

H

elico

p

ter Master

.

H

DA

go

bac

k

to

safe pos

i

t

i

on and wa

i

t

H

elico

p

ter Master

green

li

ght

to proceed

bac

k

to

the he

li

copter

.

T

he

H

elico

p

ter Master

w

ill

sw

i

tch

off

the

ant

i-

co

lli

s

i

on

li

ght

and

, i

f

i

n

v

i

sua

l

contact w

i

th

the

H

LO

,

g

i

ves the

thumbs

up

s

i

gna

l

to

i

nd

i

cate

that

i

t

i

s

safe

to

go out on

the

he

li

dec

k

and wa

lk

under

the

rotor

b

l

ades

.

T

he

H

LO

w

ill

prov

i

de

H

elico

p

ter Master

w

i

th a man

i

fest

.

T

he

H

DA

w

ill

off

l

oad baggage onto

the

he

li

dec

k

for

co

ll

ect

i

on

by passengers

.

F

re

i

ght

i

s

off

l

oaded by

the

H

DA

and

c

l

eared

from the he

li

dec

k

to an unobstructed

sector

.

T

he

H

LO

w

ill i

nstruct passengers

to

d

i

sembar

k

after

baggage

has

been removed

from

the

he

li

copter

. T

he

passengers w

ill

co

ll

ect

the

i

r

baggage and go be

l

ow he

li

dec

k l

eve

l

as

d

i

rected

by

the

H

DA

.

T

he

O

ut bound passage

shou

l

d persona

ll

y

carry

the

i

r

l

uggage to

the he

li

dec

k

entrance

.

O

utgo

i

ng

fre

i

ght

and

baggage w

ill

be

l

oaded by

the

H

DA

.

T

he

H

LO

w

ill

wave

i

n

outbound

passengers

and

chec

k

that

they are

seated

i

n

accordance w

i

th

any

l

oad

p

l

an

i

ssued by

the

H

elico

p

ter Master

w

i

th seat

be

l

ts

fastened

. B

efore

secur

i

ng

the

cab

i

n door

,

the

H

LO

w

ill

ma

k

e

a headcount to

ensure

that

the number

of

passengers

corresponds

to man

i

fest

.

Passengers

w

ill

be br

i

efed

by

the

H

elico

p

ter

C

re

w

.

A

i

rcraft

sends departure message

to

Vessel Ra

d

io O

p

erator

wh

il

st

st

ill

on

dec

k

or

j

ust

after

ta

k

e

-

off

. T

he

message w

ill

conta

i

n

some or

a

ll

of

the

fo

ll

ow

i

ng

i

nformat

i

on:

a

.

Ca

ll

s

i

gn or

f

li

ght

number

;

b

. R

oute

and

f

i

na

l

dest

i

nat

i

on

;

c

.

E

T

A

to ne

x

t dest

i

nat

i

on

;

d

.

A

l

t

i

tude

/

f

li

ght

l

eve

l

for

i

n

i

t

i

a

l

cru

i

se

;

e

.

Persons

on board

(

PA

X);

f

. F

ue

l

endurance

;

g

. W

e

i

ght of

bags

/

fre

i

ght

;

h

. W

e

i

ght of

fue

l;

i.

Centre

of

grav

i

ty

.

T

he

H

DA

w

ill

remove

choc

k

s

.

W

hen a

ll

personne

l

have c

l

eared

off

the

he

li

dec

k,

the

H

LO

w

ill

grant

the

H

elico

p

ter Master

ta

k

e

-

off

perm

i

ss

i

on over

the

rad

i

o

and w

i

th

a

thumbs up

s

i

gna

l. B

efore

grant

i

ng

perm

i

ss

i

on

,

the

H

LO

w

ill

chec

k

ed

that

as

far

as

he

can

see

a

ll i

s

c

l

ear

above

and

beh

i

nd

the

he

li

copter

. T

he

H

elico

p

ter Master

w

ill

ac

k

now

l

edge

ta

k

e

-

off perm

i

ss

i

on

.

Pr

i

or

to

ta

k

e off

from

the

Vessel

,

the

H

elico

p

ter Master

w

ill

send

a

departure

message

to

the

Ra

d

io

O

p

erator

on

the

appropr

i

ate

fre

q

uency

. T

he

message

w

ill

be

cop

i

ed

and

read

bac

k

for

conf

i

rmat

i

on

.

R

ecorded

deta

il

s

shall

be

reta

i

ned

i

n

the

Log Book

for

a m

i

n

i

mum

of

28

days

.

O

n

ta

k

e off

,

a

"Li

ft

i

ng Ca

ll"

message

on the

appropr

i

ate

rad

i

o

fre

q

uency

shall

be

ac

k

now

l

edged

by

the

Ra

d

io

O

p

erator

who

w

ill

thereafter

prov

i

de

A

l

ert

S

erv

i

ce

, i

n

accordance w

i

th

the

He

li

copter

Contractor's

Vers

i

on

SF (BOS-

P

RD-0

7

.900

6

10-

ver

.01). O

r

i

g

i

na

l

date:

8

/

8

/

201

4

.

Vers

i

on date:

3

1

/

12

/

201

5

.

Va

li

d

vers

i

on

on

l

y

on QM

S

s

i

te

.

Uncontro

ll

ed

document when

pr

i

nted

.

Procedure prepared by:

BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Approved

by:

BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Va

li

dated by:

BOS

Qua

li

ty

R

epresentat

i

ve

.

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/

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