Commercial & Civil Flying
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- Video – Simulation: Learn From Your Mistakes
- Practices – Helicopter Preflight, Final Walk Around and Postflight Inspection
- Fact Sheet – 12 rules to Live by for Your Pre-flight Helicopter Inspection
- Release – USHST Issues First “Recommended Practice” Document: Aviation Decision Making
- Toolkit – Flight Data Monitoring 1
- Video – Commercial Helicopter Pilot Decision Making
- Safety Bulletin – CFIT and HTAWS
- Safety Bulletin – Defensive Strategy
- Safety Bulletin – Density Altitude
- Safety Bulletin – Hazard Identification
- Safety Bulletin – Setting the Right Example
- Video – Land & Live Critical Decisions
- Safety Bulletin – Precautionary Landings
- Safety Bulletin – Personal Minimums
- Essay – Safety in Numbers: Personal Minimums
- Safety Bulletin – OTC Medication
- Repository – Over-the-Counter Medication Chart for Pilots
- Essay – What’s the Operating Status of the Most Critical System on Your Helicopter?
- Toolkit – Maintenance 1
- Toolkit – HUMS
- Video – Helicopter Safety Starts in the Hangar
- Repository – NTSB Alert: Helicopter Safety Starts in the Hangar
- Repository – Flight Helmet User’s Guide
- Repository – Considerations for Selecting and Using Helmets on Helicopters
- Essay – Using Your Head: Helicopter Helmets
- Essay – A Few Thoughts About Pilot Complacency
- Essay – Conquering Hazards and Risks
- Essay – Building Better Pilots Through Better Flight Reviews
- Essay – Technologies to Improve Accident Investigation
- Essay – How Helicopter Accident Reports Can Save Lives
- Essay – Baby, It’s Cold Outside
- Repository – Helicopter Pilots’ Model Code of Conduct
- Repository – Helicopter Pilots’ Model Code of Conduct (abbreviated)
- Repository – Helicopter Safety Pledge
- Repository – The Pilot’s IMSAFE Check List
- Repository – Helicopter Pilots “Live Until Your Retirement” Check List
- Repository – FAA Emergency Order: “Doors Off” Flight Operations
- Repository – NTSB Safety Alert on Loss of Tail Rotor Effectiveness
- Repository – NTSB Safety Alert on Landing Site Debris
- Guide – Online Resources for Rotorcraft Pilots
SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
- Toolkit – SMS 2nd Edition
- Toolkit – SMS 1st Edition
- Toolkit – MARIA Safety Assessment
- Safety Bulletin – SMS Voluntary Program
- Safety Bulletin – SMS Maintenance
- Safety Bulletin – FRAT and GRAT
- Safety Bulletin – Just Culture
- Safety Bulletin – SMS Flight Data Monitoring
- Safety Bulletin – SMS for the Small Operator
- Safety Bulletin – SMS Exec Level
- Safety Bulletin – IEP Check
- Safety Bulletin – SMS Missing
- Safety Bulletin – SMS Definitions
- Essay – Real World SMS 1: Hazard Reporting
- Essay – Real World SMS 2: Risk Assessment
- Essay – Real World SMS 3: Risk Control
- Essay – Real World SMS 4: Risk Assurance
- Repository – SMS Gap Analysis Worksheet
- Repository – Creating a More Effective Safety Culture
- Repository – Developing Safety Culture or Implementing an SMS?
- Fact Sheet – SMS Definitions
- Video – SMS for Small Operators
- Video – Developing a Safety Management System
SAFETY TIPS
- Fact Sheet – 4 Documents That Every Helicopter Pilot Needs to Read
- Fact Sheet – 5 Videos That Every Helicopter Pilot Needs to Watch
- Fact Sheet – 3 Checklists That Every Helicopter Pilot Needs to Have
- Fact Sheet – 12 Operational Pitfalls for Helicopter Pilots
- Fact Sheet – 5 Attitudes That Every Helicopter Pilot Needs to Reject
- Fact Sheet – 5 Approaches That Every Helicopter Pilot Needs to Embrace
- Fact Sheet – How Helicopter Pilots Die
- Fact Sheet – 4 Key Helicopter Technologies That Will Save Lives
- Fact Sheet – 5 Vitally Important Safety Actions for Helicopter Pilots
- Fact Sheet – 4 Pillars of Personal Safety Management for a Helicopter Pilot
- Fact Sheet – 7 Preflight Tips That Every Helicopter Operator Should Know
- Fact Sheet – 5 Ways to Manage an Inflight Helicopter Crisis
- Fact Sheet – 7 Decision-Making Tips That Every Helicopter Pilot Needs to Know
- Fact Sheet – 7 Safety Tips That Every Helicopter Pilot Needs to Follow
- Fact Sheet – 7 Initiatives That Every Helicopter Operator Needs to Tackle
- Fact Sheet – 7 Technologies That Can Reduce Helicopter Accidents
- Fact Sheet – 5 Hazardous Attitudes for Helicopter Pilots to Recognize
- Fact Sheet – Helicopter Pilot Safety Antidotes for Hazardous Attitudes
- Fact Sheet – The Top 10 Ways You Can Prevent Helicopter Accidents
INDUSTRIES
- UPAC Guide Revision: July 10, 2020
- Essay – Human Factors and EMS Helicopter Operations
- Repository – Fixed Long Line Operations-Best Practices
- Repository – Onshore Seismic Operations-Best Practices
- Repository – Utility Flight Operations-Best Practices
- Repository – Wild Fire Operations-Best Practices
- Video – Helicopter Firefighters at Work
- Video – Helicopter Pilots at Work Who Do the Heavy Lifting
- Video – Pilots Who Work at Helicopter Logging
- Video – Helicopter Pilots at Work on Tower Construction
- Video – Helicopter Pilot Doing Precision Work Setting a Pole
- Video – A Heli-Torch Burn Mission
- Video – Helicopter Installing a Baseball Stadium Light Pole