550/ Helicopter Operations / 992
H
elico
p
ter O
p
erations
BOS-
P
RD-2
6
.900
6
10
4.
2
L
an
d
in
g
P
re
-
arri
v
al
4.2.1
W
hen a
f
li
ght
to
the
Vessel
has
been schedu
l
ed
,
the
Ra
d
io O
p
erator
should
send
a
“weather
/
status
report
”
to
the
H
elico
p
ter
C
ontractor
at
l
east
one
hour
before
schedu
l
ed
departure
t
i
me
.
T
he Master
shall
be
a
l
erted
by
the
Ra
d
io O
p
erator
before
any
f
li
ght
depart
i
ng for
the
Vessel
i
n
case
of
one
or more of
the
fo
ll
ow
i
ng meteoro
l
og
i
ca
l
factors:
Wi
nd
speed greater
than
40 k
nots
;
c
) G
usts
greater
than
5
0 k
nots
;
d
)
Hor
i
zonta
l
v
i
s
i
b
ili
ty
l
ess
than
2
naut
i
ca
l
m
il
es
;
e
)
Vert
i
ca
l
v
i
s
i
b
ili
ty
l
ess
than 5
00
feet
;
f
) Si
gn
i
f
i
cant
swe
ll
greater
than
4
meters
.
Cond
i
t
i
ons
Li
m
i
ts
for
L
and
i
ng
Li
m
i
ts
for P
l
ann
i
ng
D
ay
Ni
ght
D
ay
Ni
ght
P
i
tch &
ro
ll
+
3
º
+2º
+
3
º
+2º
Average
heave
rate
1.0
m/s
0.
5m/s
1.
3m/s
0.
5m/s
I
n
s
i
tuat
i
ons
i
nvo
l
v
i
ng
any
of
these
factors
,
the
Vessel Master
i
n
coord
i
nat
i
on
w
i
th
the
C
hie
f
O
ff
icer
w
ill
contact
(i
f
app
li
cab
l
e
)
the
Master
of
the
S
tandby
Vesse
l
and
see
k
conf
i
rmat
i
on
that
a
S
tandby
Vesse
l
can
prov
i
de
ade
q
uate
coverage
i
n
the
event
of
an
emergency
. I
n
part
i
cu
l
ar
,
the
Vessel Master
w
ill
ensure that
the
F
ast
R
escue Craft
can
be
safe
l
y
l
aunched
.
I
f meteoro
l
og
i
ca
l
factors are
s
i
gn
i
f
i
cant
l
y worse
than those def
i
ned above
,
the
Vessel Master
,
after
ana
l
ys
i
ng
the weather
forecast
,
can dec
i
de
to postpone
the
f
li
ght
unt
il
the
cond
i
t
i
ons
return w
i
th
i
n
the operat
i
ng
li
m
i
ts
.
T
he
onshore
H
eli
-
Re
p
should
i
nform
the
Ra
d
io O
p
erator
of
actua
l
t
i
me
of
departure
and
est
i
mated
t
i
me
of
arr
i
va
l
at
the
Vessel
so
that
Vessel
p
ersonnel
ma
k
e a
ll
necessary arrangements
for the
f
li
ght
.
B
efore
the
commencement
of
day's
f
li
ght
schedu
l
e
,
the
HL
O
shall
chec
k
that
a
ll
he
li
dec
k
e
q
u
i
pment
assoc
i
ated
i
s
serv
i
ceab
l
e
and
i
n
pos
i
t
i
on
. T
he
HL
O
shall
a
l
so
carry out
the
chec
k
s
re
q
u
i
red
by the
pre-arrival
checklist
.
I
f
app
li
cab
l
e
the
Ra
d
io O
p
erator
shall
i
nform
the Master
of
the
S
tandby Vesse
l
of
the
f
li
ght
schedu
l
e
once
i
n
the morn
i
ng
and
then
aga
i
n
after
departure
of
the he
li
copter
. T
he
vesse
l
shall
then
set and
ma
i
nta
i
n
a
head
i
ng
to
one
s
i
de
of
the
he
li
copter's
f
li
ght
approach path
. T
he
vesse
l’
s
pos
i
t
i
on
shall
be
conf
i
rmed
to
the
HL
O
.
He
li
copter
O
perat
i
ons
shall
be cont
i
nuous
l
y mon
i
tored by
the
S
tan
d
-b
y Vessel
on A
i
r
B
and
R
ad
i
o
.
Crane
operat
i
ons
shall
be
ha
l
ted before
a
he
li
copter
approaches
to
l
and
.
J
i
bs
should
be
l
owered
and
stowed
i
n
a
safe
pos
i
t
i
on
or
,
after
agreement
w
i
th
the
H
elico
p
ter Master
,
may
be
k
ept
i
n
a ra
i
sed
but
stat
i
onary
pos
i
t
i
on
dur
i
ng
he
li
copter
operat
i
ons
.
T
he
li
st of
the
vesse
l
shall
be
corrected
to
zero
.
T
he
Ra
d
io O
p
erator
should
li
sten
out
on
the
appropr
i
ate
rad
i
o
fre
q
uency
dur
i
ng he
li
copter
departure
and
be
ready
to
supp
l
y current
weather
cond
i
t
i
ons at
the
Vessel
l
ocat
i
on as
we
ll
as deta
il
s
about rout
i
ng
and
l
oad
re
q
u
i
rements
.
Vers
i
on
SF (BOS-
P
RD-0
7
.900
6
10-
ver
.01). O
r
i
g
i
na
l
date:
8/8/
2014.
Vers
i
on date: 3
1
/
12
/
201
5
.
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li
d
vers
i
on
on
l
y
on QM
S
s
i
te
.
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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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