HELI-ONE WELCOMES CHRISTIAN DROUIN AS
VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS Heli-One announces the hiring of Christian Drouin as Heli-One’s vice president of Operations. He will oversee more than 600 employees at the Canadian, Norwegian and Polish MRO facilities. Drouin, a highly decorated military veteran, brings to Heli-One a keen understanding of the organizational and operational nuances of running multiple facilities with challenging priorities. He aims to leverage his experience with personnel and resource management to deliver excellence in helicopter-maintenance services to customers. “It has been great to meet my colleagues at the different
facilities,” Drouin says. “They are motivated, professional, and dedicated. Each and every one of them that I talked to is passionate about their work. I am excited to help lead Heli-One and look forward to challenging all of us to be leaders in what we do and deliver quality services to our customers.” Drouin served 33 years in the military, culminating in the rank of major-general in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Following his promotion to this rank in 2016, he oversaw approximately 300 aircraft across the Canadian fleet and managed more than 11,000 personnel. He also accumulated over 4,000 hours of tactical helicopter flight time. Drouin held multiple command positions as a general and completed a number of North American and overseas deployments. He held a number of leadership positions within the Royal Canadian Air Force including Deputy Commander Force Generation at 1 Canadian Air Division/Canadian NORAD Region in Winnipeg and Deputy Director of the Strategy, Policy and Plans Directorate NORAD and United States Northern Command at Peterson Air Force Base, CO. From the Governor General of Canada he received the Order of Military Merit — Commander level (C.M.M.) and the Meritorious Service Medal for Leadership as wing commander in Afghanistan. He also received the US Legion of Merit for service in the United States of America for the defense of airspace of North America.
USHST PERCEIVES A DEADLY TREND With half of 2019 completed and another six months to go, the U.S. helicopter industry is experiencing a year of tragic accidents with too many lives being lost. To stem the surge of fatal accidents, the U.S. Helicopter Safety Team (
www.USHST.org) is calling on helicopter operators, pilots, instructors and mechanics to rely on safety basics and place a stronger emphasis on identifying and managing risk. For the first six months of 2019, the U.S. helicopter
industry has experienced 15 fatal accidents with 27 fatalities. The number is on track to match 2013 when 30 fatal accidents occurred; however, since July is usually
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a month with a high number of accidents, the industry is also at risk to reach the total from 2008, when there were 35 fatal helicopter accidents. To avoid this unwelcome record during 2019, the USHST is calling for pilots, instructors and others with a stake in helicopter safety to focus on seven key actions that will save lives: Know How Much Fuel You Need or “May” Need
— Always carry enough fuel for unexpected situations. Ignoring minimum fuel-reserve requirements is generally the result of overconfidence, a lack of flight planning, or deliberately ignoring regulations. Take Time for a Walk-Around and for Checklists
— An adequate preflight inspection, a checklist and a final walk-around are central responsibilities that determine the condition of an aircraft prior to flight. In addition, post- flight inspections can identify issues prior to the next flight. Recognize the Potency of OTC Medications — Because over-the-counter medications are readily available, pilots frequently underestimate their effects and the impairment caused by these sedating drugs. In spite of specific federal regulations and education efforts regarding flying while impaired, over-the-counter medication usage by pilots remains a factor in 10 to 13 percent of aircraft accidents.
Stop the Scud Running — Lowering your altitude to
avoid clouds or bad weather is dangerous and leads to fatal results from flying into terrain or obstacles such as wires and towers. Know your minimum altitude and stick to it. Visual Flight Rules in Instrument Conditions Can Lead to Death — Yes, death. This is the all-too-often result of the previously mentioned practice of flying too low. It is even more dangerous if the pilot is not instrument-qualified or is unwilling to believe what the gauges are indicating. This action usually results in not knowing where you are and an inability to recognize deteriorating circumstances and/or the misjudgment of the rate of deterioration. Don’t Succumb to Get-There-itis — This “disease” is common among pilots. It clouds the vision and impairs judgment by causing a fixation on the original goal or destination combined with a total disregard for any alternative courses of action. Don’t be Afraid to Divert, Turn Around or Land —
Yes, you can divert from your original plan. You can turn around, or you can land. Always make sure you have an alternative course of action available should the weather conditions preclude the completion of the flight as planned. In other words, don’t be afraid to land and live.
GEISINGER LIFE FLIGHT IMPLEMENTS WINAIR
DIGITAL SIGNATURES WinAir announces that Geisinger Life Flight has successfully implemented digital signatures for its aviation management software, WinAir Version 7, and is now live with this new feature. Digital
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