Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan deck landing operations
- Tasking requirements are identified
- Crew, role equipment and safety equipment necessary to ensure safe achievement of task are determined
- Helicopter is certified for task in accordance with regulations and workplace procedures
- Outbound and return flight loading and flight routes are planned
- Security and care of passengers and/or equipment for deck landing operations are planned
- Conduct pre-flight briefings for deck landing operations
- Take off and transit to and from vessel
- Appropriate take-off and departure configurations are selected
- Helicopter is navigated to the rendezvous
- Information regarding identified vessel’s ability to receive aircraft is obtained
- Vessel is instructed to manoeuvre to achieve optimum deck conditions for landing
- Relative wind, ship pitch and roll information, hover heading and helideck location are obtained and acceptability is confirmed
- Pre-descent checks are completed
- Descent profile and circuit pattern are determined
- Approach and land on vessel helideck
- Control manipulation, instrument scan and visual cues are used to manoeuvre aircraft safely during approach and landing
- Night interception of glide slope is carried out as required
- Touch-down point and reference markers are identified and confirmed
- Constant angle approach and landing is performed
- Safe termination of approach and stable hover over helideck is performed
- Helideck landing is performed
- Take off and climb out from vessel helideck
- Manage abnormal and emergency situations during deck landing operations
- Abnormal and/or emergency situations are identified and confirmed
- Helicopter is controlled to maintain safe flight
- Abnormal or emergency situations are managed in accordance with workplace procedures, and aircraft flight manual (AFM)/pilot’s operating handbook (POH)
- Aborted approach from final approach is performed
- Ditching and underwater escape procedures are applied as required