Thread: Heli sika dropping multiple parties into the same block

Interesting topic with some mixed views and experiences being shared. One school of thought being that it’s public land and you are only paying for the flight therefor they just drop in as many parties to the same place as they want. The other being that if you book a flight in and out of a location then that helicopter company and the others who work the area will not drop other people on top of you and double you up. Obviously people can walk in and come from anywhere which is completely out of everyones control.

I have always been under the impression that the later was how things worked. Especially for landing sites, dedicated areas and small huts. To be fair i’ve never flown public land with heli sika and obviously that’s not how things work everywhere. My experience comes from down south where you book a flight into said valley and then no-one else will be dropped there during the same time as all the chopper companies communicate to make sure no-one is doubled up. I certainly understand that large huts/lodges can accomodate multiple parties so that makes sense to be able to double up there etc.

I see both sides to it. My guess is how they operate completely depends on where you are going and the nature of that area for accomodation and access opportunities etc. There’s so many variables like if you are going into a start point for a walk out trip or if you are staying there the whole time etc etc. Heli Sika wouldn’t be my first pick for a sika country flight anyway.