Mary E. Barger, Cross-Appellant v. Petroleum Helicopters, Inc., Cross-Appellee

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

This case raises many of the issues we decided in Smith v. Pan Air Corp., 684 F.2d 1102 (5th Cir.1982). We, therefore, address in detail only one issue that distinguishes this case: as to claims against a helicopter pilot’s employer for the death of the pilot while transporting passengers to work on the outer Continental Shelf, is the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act the exclusive remedy? We conclude that such a pilot is not covered by the Jones Act because an aircraft is not a vessel, that the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act applies to the…