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If you were looking to do some HUET Training, where would you go? ... and what would you expect to pay?

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SFC,

have done a couple, I would suggest Survival Systems outa Dartmouth NS, they are by far the best, good equipment with excellent instructors.

well worth the coin.
 
I went through the Dartmouth company as well. I found it excellent training with good equipment and staff. I don''t have any experience with the other company, but have heard good things about them too.
 
sfc,

WHy the interest in the HUET course? If your just wanting an extra for the resume, I''d spend it on something else like a rating. I worked as a diver on a HUET for quite a while. Having just visited every heli opertator in BC and Alberta, I can tell you that, that experience didn''t even raise an eyebrow.
 
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On 3/23/2003 9:23:23 AM Flinger wrote:
WHy the interest in the HUET course? If your just wanting an extra for the resume, I''d spend it on something else like a rating. I worked as a diver on a HUET for quite a while. Having just visited every heli opertator in BC and Alberta, I can tell you that, that experience didn''t even raise an eyebrow.
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Well, partly for the resume but mostly for my own satisfaction and safety. I''d hate to find myself flying over water (recreationally or professionally) and not properly prepared for an emergency. I wouldn''t expect it to carry much weight with most operators, but I''d certainly feel better knowing that if the time came when I had to go for a swim I was able to get clear of the aircraft.
 
i like your thinking sfc, but as previously stated, it won''t make a difference. any company that has the requirement will put you through the course so save your money. besides, if your just starting out the chances are the ratings you hold will keep you "within gliding distance of shore". yes?
 
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On 3/27/2003 11:16:14 AM 412driver wrote:

if your just starting out the chances are the ratings you hold will keep you "within gliding distance of shore". yes?

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Fair enough... How''s ''bout I''m flying over forest or urban area, run into a spot of bother with the engine, only "safe" lz is trees or open water? Trees the a/c is destroyed, water (possibly a reasonable depth) aircraft may salvageable. Which do you hit? What if you hit the water expecting it to be 3'' deep (looks like a flooded field from 500'' down to 50'') only to find out it''s 30''. Suddenly I''m swimming
 
412 Drivers right (gotta love that flying suit). Save your coin. Your employer will send you on the course if you will need it.

However, if you really have to do it, it really is a good course especially for non-swimmers. It''s hard to explain the disorientation experienced when you are flipped upside down in the water, your sinuses fill up with water and you have find that damn door handle.

On another note. Don''t worry about the helicopter when the #### hits the rotor. Your only concern is getting your ass on the ground in as close to one peice as you can manage and if you have any pax, if you make it, they should make it also. If the machine comes out of it still looking vaguely like a helicopter that''s a bonus. Don''t forget it''s insured and they can buy another (or pay down their debt). You are also insured but the last time I checked the Helidog Cloning Plant hasn''t opened yet.
 
What sfc hasn''t shared, guys, is that he''s been there (in the drink) and with a load of pax.

While you''re mostly on the mark, 412, there ARE plenty of tree-surrounded lakes with little or no beach, and water sure seems like the better option then.

Although nothing takes the place of comprehensive real-time training, sfc, there is excellent printed, eye-opening info on the subject available. PM me if you''re interested.
 
I just did the training for the first time last week and found it to be a real eye opener. Under water, upside down in a simulated cockpit is not a fun thing. All this is done in a nice warm(29C) pool. Where I have been bombin around fat dumb and happy the water is 8-10C. I realised that going into the water may not be a real nice option at all. Being as though there are few and far places to land up on the north coast either on or near the beach, I''m currently thinking of slamming it into whatever hole in the trees I can find. Hopefully this scenario doesn''t come to be of course.
At the very least the course is an excellent personal experience if you operate over or near water. If the company pays for it, bonus.
 
..shore

wait, that wasn't a choice.

Sometimes there's not much of a shore, but most of the time it's not too deep at the edge, you may not roll over after you splash in.

Toss the fishin' rod out the door...survival 101!
 
So given the option, who would pick trees, and who would pick water?

[Lets assume fresh, above 5C. High trees, over 30''.]
 

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