I just read a book about the making of a Night Stalker crew chief. He described this training in the book, but this was a great video to actually see what he went through.
ive done this course and your swimming ability is almost irrelevant. im a certified life guard and i felt none of my swimming skills helped me here. this is about staying calm and making right decisions in the face of pressure. you simply float when you debark the aircraft. i should mention that these looks like more military based -- my training was for oil and gas industry for helicopter egress. we had suits on that gave us 7 breaths of oxygen and also provided a sort of floating lifevest to guide you to the top of water. this training was difficult because you had to use your 7 breathes of oxygen -- a short tube in our emergency PPE. you could not pass unless you had 0% oxygen left in your HUBA device. this caused you to endure the panic of the situation and force yourself to clear the HUBA, breathe in it, then start your exercise of egressing the copter. very intense training and one of the hardest thing ive ever done -- even with my training as a competent swimmer.
@@everygooddaydesigns yes for oil rigs offshore in northern newfoundland we had to have this training as the only method of getting on the rig is via helicopter. if i remember correctly its about $6k for a 2 week course. certificate is labelled as "BST" -- basic survival training. It is mandatory by govt to have this if you are going offshore. to add -- its only good for 3 years, then you have to go back and dunk in the copter again as a refresher. I didnt make it that far but I can tell you its as intense as it looks.
As cool as that would be I don't think their trying to have a smaller survival ratio for the course lololol. "5 out of 10 people being trained survive the 200 foot drop" lololol
@@everygooddaydesigns - I understand that completely. In the real event there may be dead, unconscious and/or grievously wounded in the aisles or blocking exits. It seems to be very soft(for want of a better word).
I just read a book about the making of a Night Stalker crew chief. He described this training in the book, but this was a great video to actually see what he went through.
Damn that night time training looks rough. Smart to do it in training as well.
You cant see a thing during the night time one, they have you cross through the helicopter to escape. Lolol
Bikes,pc's and gopro footage. I like your style Ritchey
Thanks man, I really like doing drone footage but its hard to do when I got rid of my good drone lolol
Any advice for someone about to do this next week
Enjoy it and dont panic. It was a really fun training, I would do it again if I could
My son passed today, first time he tell me “ is not fun is sucks”
I am not a good swimmer. Do I see people pinching their nose? Very interesting & cool video. Thanks!
Probably lol. I know some people were not comfortable with swimming in it
ive done this course and your swimming ability is almost irrelevant. im a certified life guard and i felt none of my swimming skills helped me here. this is about staying calm and making right decisions in the face of pressure. you simply float when you debark the aircraft. i should mention that these looks like more military based -- my training was for oil and gas industry for helicopter egress. we had suits on that gave us 7 breaths of oxygen and also provided a sort of floating lifevest to guide you to the top of water. this training was difficult because you had to use your 7 breathes of oxygen -- a short tube in our emergency PPE. you could not pass unless you had 0% oxygen left in your HUBA device. this caused you to endure the panic of the situation and force yourself to clear the HUBA, breathe in it, then start your exercise of egressing the copter. very intense training and one of the hardest thing ive ever done -- even with my training as a competent swimmer.
@@benburton272 also those big styrofoam helmets basically make you float Lolol. I didn't think about the oil industry teaching this
@@everygooddaydesigns yes for oil rigs offshore in northern newfoundland we had to have this training as the only method of getting on the rig is via helicopter. if i remember correctly its about $6k for a 2 week course. certificate is labelled as "BST" -- basic survival training. It is mandatory by govt to have this if you are going offshore. to add -- its only good for 3 years, then you have to go back and dunk in the copter again as a refresher. I didnt make it that far but I can tell you its as intense as it looks.
@@benburton272 oh lol i think I have that same certificate through the military
Now that's a soft water landing. Drop it from 200ft and it will be only a little more like the real thing.
As cool as that would be I don't think their trying to have a smaller survival ratio for the course lololol. "5 out of 10 people being trained survive the 200 foot drop" lololol
@@everygooddaydesigns - I understand that completely. In the real event there may be dead, unconscious and/or grievously wounded in the aisles or blocking exits. It seems to be very soft(for want of a better word).
@@aardvarkbiscuit2677 I gotcha bro, I was just joking lol
@@everygooddaydesigns - I've only recently got out of bed. My brain doesn't start to work till my third cup of coffee. Plus I'm old and dim.
@@aardvarkbiscuit2677 lolol, I feel that. I had to cut back on my caffeine recently. Too much in everything now lol