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Corporate Aviation Aircrew Survival School
Safety and Survival for Helicopter Pilots, Aircrews and Passengers

This is an essential 16-hour course for anyone who works in or around helicopter flight operations. The course can be taught in two 8-hour modules.  Half of the course focuses on safety rules and procedures around helicopters and is excellent training for ground personnel who meet incoming aircraft, and occasionally board/ride helicopters. The other half of this course concentrates on routine and emergency safety procedures as they relate to crew and passenger responsibilities, emergency preparedness, ditching and post crash survival techniques. Improvements such as helicopter design, rubber fuel tank bladders and better protective clothing will always improve chances for survivability in the event of an emergency landing. However, frequent and better training in basic helicopter safety around these machines coupled with better management decisions about their use and application can also reduce the chances of accidents. Helicopters are highly sophisticated and costly solutions to unique problems and have a significant potential for death and injury associated with their use when training is not up to standard.


Course Content
  • Helicopter Orientation
  • Personnel Safety
  • Helicopter Landing and Take-off Areas
  • Emergency Landing Procedures and Occupant Restraint
  • Emergency Exits, Door & Hatch Opening Mechanisms & Safety Equipment
  • Ditching and Underwater Egress From Submerged Aircraft
  • Flotation, Emergency Equipment & Survival Gear
  • Survival Basics and the Research
  • Mental Factors in Survival
  • Survival Physiology in the Emergency Environment
  • Survival Medicine
  • Clothing & Personal Protective Equipment
  • Essential Survival Skills: Shelter, Fire, Signaling & Water
  • ELT Location & Checking Operation
  • Air Search
  • Rescue Methods & Devices