Duties
The following are some of the general duties of the HLO:
- Inspect Helicopter deck prior to flight operations.
- Ensure firefighting equipment has been inspected as per planned/scheduled maintenance.
- Direct freight handlers to insert/remove chocks when required on Helicopters with wheels.
- Supervise and marshalling of helicopter operations whenever lifting loads.
- Passenger Briefing
- Control movement of all personnel on the heliport deck landing area (including disembarking and embarking passengers) whenever or as instructed by the Pilot.
- Prevent passengers from having conversations with others (either arriving or leaving the locations). Often passengers talking fail to concentrate on safety factors associated with helicopter operations.
- Have passengers sit in assigned seat for proper weight balance.
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