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H

elico

p

ter O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

10

P

re

-

lan

d

in

g

arran

g

e

m

ents an

d

ra

d

io contact

4.2.2

B

ased

on prov

i

s

i

ona

l

Passenger

li

sts

rece

i

ved

from

shore

,

the

Ra

d

io O

p

erator

w

ill

not

i

fy

the

H

LO

,

Master

and

O

ff

icer on

w

atch

of

the E

T

A of

the

i

ncom

i

ng

f

li

ghts

for

that day

.

After contact w

i

th

the

i

ncom

i

ng

he

li

copter

has

been

estab

li

shed

,

the

E

T

A

should

be

noted

and

the

he

li

dec

k

crew not

i

f

i

ed and

p

l

aced on

standby

for

l

and

i

ng

.

T

he

H

LO

w

ill

:

Ensure

that a

ll

re

q

u

i

rements

are met

,

e

.

g

.

w

i

th

regard

to e

q

u

i

pment status

and

spec

i

a

l;

Ensure

that

he

li

dec

k-

re

l

ated e

q

u

i

pment

i

s

i

n serv

i

ceab

l

e

cond

i

t

i

on and

, i

f

not

,

report a

ll

defects

and

def

i

c

i

enc

i

es

to

the

Vessel Master

;

B

r

i

ef

the He

li

dec

k

Crew and adv

i

se

C

rane O

p

erators

.

I

n

i

t

i

a

l

contact w

i

th

the

Ra

d

io O

p

erator

or

H

LO

w

ill

norma

ll

y be made at

l

east 5 m

i

nutes

before E

T

A of

i

nbound

f

li

ghts

. B

etween

the

f

i

rst and

l

ast

ca

ll

s

,

the

Air

C

re

w

and

H

eli

d

eck

C

re

w

w

ill

carry out

the

fo

ll

ow

i

ng

dut

i

es

and procedures as

necessary:

a

)

H

elico

p

ter Master

w

ill

adv

i

se

H

LO

of h

i

s E

T

A and

re

q

uest

the

l

atest

i

nformat

i

on about weather

,

return

l

oad

and

rout

i

ng

;

b

)

H

LO

w

ill

adv

i

se he

li

dec

k

crew of

any

change

i

n E

T

A

;

c

)

H

elico

p

ter Master

may

re

q

uest

that

NDB

be

sw

i

tched on to ass

i

st

l

ocat

i

on

of

the

Vessel.

d

)

H

LO

,

ass

i

sted by

H

DA

,

w

ill

chec

k

to

conf

i

rm

that fac

ili

t

i

es

are

ready

to

l

and

i

ng the

a

i

rcraft

,

that

crane

operat

i

ons

have been ha

l

ted

,

that

crane

booms

are par

k

ed out w

i

th the

obstruct

i

on

free

zone

for

he

li

copter

approach

,

and

that

the

stand

-

by

vesse

l i

s

i

n

the proper pos

i

t

i

on

.

After

i

n

i

t

i

a

l

contact

i

s made

,

the

Ra

d

io O

p

erator

w

ill

ma

i

nta

i

n

li

sten

i

ng watch

. T

he

H

elico

p

ter Master

may

forma

ll

y

hand

over

Fli

ght

W

atch

respons

i

b

ili

ty

to

the

Vessel

g

i

v

i

ng

deta

il

s

of

persons

on board

,

endurance

and

rev

i

sed

E

T

A

. D

ur

i

ng

he

li

copter

operat

i

ons

,

the

H

elico

p

ter Master

w

ill

ma

k

e

rout

i

ne ca

ll

s

every

ten

m

i

nutes

. I

n

case of

fa

il

ure

to a

rout

i

ne

ca

ll,

the

Vessel

sha

ll i

n

i

t

i

ate

i

n

q

u

i

r

i

es

.

A

pp

roachin

g

helico

p

ter in

d

escent

p

hase

4.2.

3

After

the

a

i

rcraft

has

comp

l

eted

the

i

n

i

t

i

a

l

approach

chec

kli

st

,

the

H

LO

w

ill

grant

he

li

dec

k

c

l

earance

on

the

he

li

dec

k l

ow

power

rad

i

o and

adv

i

se

the

H

elico

p

ter

C

re

w

that

the dec

k i

s

c

l

ear

for

l

and

i

ng on

the

ass

i

gned

fre

q

uency

.

I

f

the

he

li

copter

has

not

l

anded w

i

th

i

n

f

i

ve m

i

nutes

after E

T

A

and

i

f

two

-

way

rad

i

o

contact

i

s

l

ost

,

emergency

procedures

shall

be

i

n

i

t

i

ated

.

H

elico

p

ter on

d

eck

4.2.4

T

he

H

elico

p

ter Master

of

any

he

li

copter

on

dec

k

w

ill

be

i

nformed

of

any

a

l

ert

or

hazard

. I

n

the

event

of

an

a

l

ert w

i

th

a

G

enera

l

A

l

arm

,

c

i

rcumstances may

re

q

u

i

re

order

i

ng the a

i

rcraft

to e

i

ther

ta

k

e off or

shut down

.

Upon

arr

i

va

l

of

the

a

i

rcraft

,

the

Ra

d

io O

p

erator

w

ill i

mmed

i

ate

l

y

i

ssue

an

arr

i

va

l

message

to

a

i

rcraft

operator

i

n an accepted

format

i

nc

l

ud

i

ng the

f

li

ght number

,

Vessel

name

,

and arr

i

va

l

t

i

me

.

I

f

arr

i

va

l

and

departure

t

i

mes

are

l

ess

than

1

5 m

i

nutes

apart

,

the

arr

i

va

l

message may

be

comb

i

ned w

i

th the

departure message

.

N

.B:

T

he

H

LO

shall

chec

k

that

the

ant

i-

co

lli

s

i

on

li

ght

i

s wor

ki

ng when

the

a

i

rcraft

i

s

l

and

i

ng

. I

f

not

,

he

shall

conf

i

rm

by

rad

i

o

w

i

th

the

H

elico

p

ter Master

that

i

t

i

s

safe

to

go

out on the

he

li

dec

k

and

wa

lk

beneath

the

rotor

d

i

sc

.

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

.

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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