HAI
BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIRMAN
Randal R. Rowles Helicopter Institute Inc.
Fort Worth, Texas, USA Commercial Aviation
VICE CHAIRMAN
Jeffery Smith R.O.P. Aviation
Teterboro, New Jersey, USA General Aviation
TREASURER Jack Matiasevich
Southern California Edison Co. Chino, California, USA General Aviation
ASSISTANT TREASURER B. Adam Hammond
Tennessee Valley Authority Knoxville, Tennessee, USA Government Service
PRESIDENT AND
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER James A. Viola
Helicopter Association International Alexandria, Virginia, USA
CHIEF OF STAFF
AND CORPORATE SECRETARY Roxanne R. Fox
Helicopter Association International Alexandria, Virginia, USA
DIRECTORS Nicole Battjes
Rainbow Helicopters Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Commercial Aviation
Brian Jorgenson Timberline Helicopters
Sandpoint, Idaho, USA Commercial Aviation
Rick Kenin Boston MedFlight
Bedford, Massachusetts, USA Commercial Aviation
Mark A. Schlaefli Redding Air Service
Redding, California, USA Commercial Aviation
Stacy Sheard
Executive Jet Management/Fanatics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Commercial Aviation
LEGAL ADVISOR
H. Bryan Brewer III Crowell & Moring LLP
Washington, D.C., USA
UAS SPECIAL ADVISOR Jonathan Daniels
Praxis Aerospace Concepts International, Inc.
Searchlight, Nevada, USA X X
6 From the Board HAI’s International Leaders By Randy Rowles
7 President’s Message What Do You Do? By James A. Viola
8 IMHO Meeting Tomorrow’s Challenges By Peter Moeller
9 Advocating for You The Future of 5G and Aviation Operations
By Cade Clark, John Shea, and Emma Taylor
13 ROTORWash X
HAI Briefs X HAI on Social
XHAI Out and About X
One Question, Many Answers: How Do You Conduct Briefings for Yourself and Others?
5 Dos & Don’ts for Transitioning from Mil2Civ
In the Spotlight: HAI Training Working Group Members Mike Becker and Scott Boughton XRotorcraft Events
26 FlyOver John and Jeff Wellington and a Sikorsky EH-60A Black Hawk
DECEMBER 2021 ROTOR 3
54 Flight Path Francisco Beltran
56 Future Faces Jessica Meiris, Recipient of the HAI Michelle North Scholarship for Safety
By Jaasmin Foote
58 Recent Accidents & Incidents
61 Accident Recovery Training for the Emergency By David Jack Kenny
64 Work Safe Are Service Bulletins Mandatory? By Zac Noble
66 Fly Safe Always Leave an Escape Route By Chris Hill
68 Last Hover X
Harold Summers X Alvin S. Trenk
70 Index of Advertisers
72 Last Look Children’s Health, Dallas, Texas Sikorsky S-76C++
By Mark Bennett DEPARTMENTS/COLUMNS
High Wire Work
ON THE COVER: An MD Helicopters MD 500D operated by Rotor Power holds a lineman in place to coil vibration dampeners onto a newly installed optical ground wire in central New Mexico. The dual-purpose wire combines the functions of grounding and communications. Read more about how helicopters help maintain the power and communication services essential to modern life in photographer Mark Bennett’s photo essay on p. 42.
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