The dome's overhead, so we usually don't get rain in the back. Push comes to shove we don't pull the hatch until just before doing into tension. At that point when the throttles go forward, there's enough propwash to keep any rain/water out. Same goes for recovery. Beats drowning any day regardless.
Ok....now, do pax get them too?
Yea, I was kind of being sarcastic. I certainly wouldn't expect big Navy to be supplying HEEDS bottles for the uninitiated. Guess it's better to just let them drown rather than having their lungs explode as they try to egress and surface. That makes for bad press. Between you and me though, I'm bringing my own on my next deployment.Nope, it's survival of the fittest at that point.
I am thinking that they don't get them because they do not have the training to use it and it could potentially cause more harm than good. Oh and I'm sure money had something to do with it too.
By money I mean, that is a lot of Heeds bottles to buy/maintain/replace. I'm sure that the inspection cycle would be a lot more frequent with unqualified pax playing with them each flight.
Hope they order these along with their mod. I think the top one was especially made for the NFO's.When 4 hours aloft in the bird just is not enough......
