Kenny KellerCreator Helicopter Online Ground School LLC

"Know What Each Emergency Light Means" #shorts

10 Feb 2023 · 1 min

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Short monologue by a helicopter pilot instructor emphasizing the critical importance of memorizing emergency checklist actions tied to emergency lights—particularly for smoke or fire in the cabin—because helicopter pilots at low altitude often lack time to consult written checklists. The speaker contrasts helicopter operations with jet operations and prioritizes memorization of life-critical procedures over routine instrument values.

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Knowing your equipment is essential. And what's really important to me is that you know what each emergency light means. Unlike the guys and the gals in the jets, when they see a light, they have time to look it up in the checklist and they follow the checklist. We as helicopter pilots down here at 500ft above the ground, if we get a light, we are not going to have time to respond and go to that checklist, go to that book to tell us where, what to do, know what to memorize, know what not to memorize. I don't care if you've got the oil pressure memorized, the red lines right there, look at it. I don't care about that. What I do care about is if you experience smoke or fire in the cabin. I want you to know what the checklist says memorized. I want you to know exactly what to do and explain to me what's going to happen.