RE: Hot vs cold loading and unloading

["Frank G. Bartuska" <fbartuska@earthlink.net>]

At our company we stay hot for scene calls unless there is a protracted
scene time and fuel load may become an issue.  We fly a BO105LS at my base
and with the high tail rotor have never found it to be a safety issue.  All
things considered we feel it is better to stay hot,  quicker off scene, less
chance of things breaking on scene (ie: bad igniter, generator, etc.), and
personnely I feel that I am more attentive to a/c safety when the blades are
spinning.

Frank G. Bartuska
CALSTAR 6
South Lake Tahoe, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: flightmed-admin@flightweb.com
[mailto:flightmed-admin@flightweb.com]On Behalf Of EAhlCleo@aol.com
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 5:21 PM
To: flightmed@flightweb.com
Subject: Hot vs cold loading and unloading


Trying to get a feel for the general consensus on how EMS agencies respond
to
the rotorwing staying hot or shutting down on scene calls. What has your
experience been with agencies feeling strongly one way or the other? What is
your preference? What are your EMS agencies' preferences and why?

Thanks

Beth Ahl, FN
Airlife Denver

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