Thierry Dubois is a freelance writer specializing in helicopters, business aviation and aerospace technology. He earned a degree in fluid dynamics from an engineering school in Toulouse, France in the mid-1990s. At an unexpected crossroads, he found his first job in journalism. In 1997, he started working for French aerospace weekly Air &amp; Cosmos in Paris. This lasted until 2000, when he moved south to Lyons. He then became a freelancer, working for various aerospace publications and has been part of the AIN team since late 2000. In addition to writing about business aviation, Thierry shares responsibility for the rotorcraft section. He also is a regular on-site writer for AIN’s daily editions at international airshows such as the Paris, Farnborough, Dubai and Singapore shows, as well as at EBACE in Geneva.
In 2007, he won the Honeywell award for “Best systems or technology submission” at the Aerospace journalist of the year awards. In 2013, he won an Aerospace Media Award for the "Best Safety, Training &amp; Simulation Submission."
In other activities, Thierry moderates international conferences on aviation technology topics. Thierry is married and has three children, who seem to begin enjoying the mountains–as their parents do.

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The North Sea Helicopter Safety Steering Group (HSSG) expects the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will approve a new emergency breathing system for helicopter passengers at the end of this month. The first batch of approved equipment is expected to arrive early next month, allowing training–both in classroom sessions and online–to begin in mid-July. Passengers on offshore flights in the North Sea will need to know how to inspect the equipment and conduct a buddy check.


As required by the CAP 1145 review, released in February this year, the group is also considering how readily passengers can exit a helicopter window while wearing survival equipment, such as buoyancy aids. The CAP 1145 review was a bid to curb helicopter incidents and accidents through a number of prevention and mitigation measures. The outcome, based on 450 study participants, will be used to create a common policy about what clothing can be worn under a survival suit. The HSSG said it needs another 150 people to complete the study and wants men weighing more than 180 pounds to book a slot in the survey’s schedule. Window sizes on the various types of helicopter used for North Sea operations are also being measured.


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North Sea Offshore Helo Pax To Get Improved EBS in July

Training with new emergency breathing systems is to start shortly, and a study of body size and shape study is under way to make egress safer.

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