FLYING IN THE WIRE ENVIRONMENT
A COMPREHENSIVE WIRE STRIKE AVOIDANCE TRAINING PROGRAM
FOR PROFESSIONAL HELICOPTER FLIGHT CREWS

Wire strikes continue to be one of the most devastating accidents for professional pilots and crews whose service to society requires them to fly in the low-level wire environment. Perhaps the greatest tragedy is that the vast majority of these accidents are entirely preventable. The root cause of most wire strikes is usually the crew's lack of understanding of the specialized skill needed to operate an aircraft in the vicinity of wires.

This essential seminar is endorsed by the Helicopter Association International and has been specifically designed for professional pilots and crews whose missions require them to operate in wire infested environments. Its acclaimed methods for early detection of wires are taught world wide to professional flight crews and fills a definite void in most low-level flight training programs. Aviation professionals learn about the specialized skills needed to fly in the wire environment and acquire the knowledge to help them forecast the presence of wire before it can actually be seen.

ATTENDEES WILL LEARN ABOUT:

  • Why the wire environment continually takes such a serious toll on aircraft and crews.
  • How a proactive approach to wire strike avoidance will save lives, aircraft, and your business.
  • How to determine where the wire environment really is.
  • What professional power line patrol crews call the specialty skills involved in forecasting the presence of wire before you can see it.
  • Knowledge of the various wire systems and components common to the wire environment and their unique dangers.
  • The Invisibility Equation. What makes wire invisible and how to detect it?
  • Visibility Engineering principals, what we can and can't see.
  • How to keep from being fooled by the Optical illusions caused by wire.
  • Value of crew resource management {CRM} to the
    low-level flight operation.
  • The true cost of a wire strike. Why survivable wire strikes often put operators out of business.
  • Other low-level hazards found exclusively in the low-level wire environment.
  • Safe guidelines for flight in the wire environment.
  • Night operations in the wire environment.
  • Additional topics that are of paramount importance to low-level helicopter operations.

THIS TRAINING IS DESIGNED FOR:
All professional pilots and operational crew whose mission profiles require them to enter or operate in the wire environment
  • Emergency medical evacuation pilots and flight nurses. {EMS}
  • Military helicopter pilots
  • Airborne law enforcement officers
  • Airborne fire control pilots and crew
  • Executive transport crews
  • Power line / pipeline / buried cable patrol pilots and crews
  • Aerial patrolmen / observers / crew members
  • Helicopter lift operations pilots
  • Airborne firefighting pilots/crews
  • Agricultural spray pilots
  • Traffic and electronic news gathering crews
  • Helicopter flight training schools, academies and institutes
  • Managers, Director of Ops. and Chief Pilots responsible for low-level flight operations

ON SITE SEMINARS AVAILABLE
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CALL
UTILITIES/AVIATION SPECIALISTS INC.
(219) 662-8175 USA

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