Onshore Helicopter HFDM Survey

The Onshore Safety Leadership Group are conducting some Industry information gathering about the use of HFDM. Completion of this survey will help paint a picture of HFDM use within the Onshore Sector.

If you are a Part CAT, NCC, NCO or SPO Operator and utilise some form of HFDM, please complete the questions below, which have been designed to help understand the current safety benefits and feasibility of HFDM usage. The survey should take no more than five minutes and responses are requested by Friday 19 December 2025.

Note: For the purposes of this survey, HFDM can be considered to be the use of systems such as flight tracking equipment (fitted or carry on), accessible engine or flight instrument recording equipment (eg HOMP, HUMS), but does not include CVFDR, cockpit cameras or ELT/PLB.

The survey can be accessed at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TW2CN8G