Re: Safety Question?

[John Mason<rn911@springmail.com>]

We have almost a 200 pounds isolette. No less we have to reconfigure the aircraft for isolette transports. In my own personal experience, I don't any sort of need for there to be a HOT offload of an isolette. They are too heavy and top-heavy. They are not as balanced as some the fine-upstanding citizens we transport. This is something that can present an accident waiting to happen. 


On Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:26:55 EST FF2MICP@aol.com wrote:

Would you consider it a standard of the industry to do "HOT UNLOADS" at the 
recieving facility, also the helicopters home, with 150 pound isolette.  This 
as come up recently at a facility near by.  New helicopter new program and I 
am hearing that they want to do hot unloads to reduce the number of engine 
starts.  I understand the cost of engine starts, (Bell 407) but we also need 
to wory about safety.  By the way the flight crew on the teams consist of ICU 
nurses with only little helicopter safety and experience.

Any information on other facilities doing the same or have had problems with 
such please contact directly.

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