Just because it was parked in the wrong place doesn't absolve you as the pilot of the landing aircraft from the responsibility of keeping clear.
Yes obviously, but nobody here said anything like that.
But it seems like in your eyes the landing pilot is the only one to blame here.
I'm saying "operational urgency" should never be used as an excuse for conciously neglecting the most obvious and basic safety measures.
That really is one of the worst excuses they could have come up with.
"he knew they would be off the ground in a couple of minutes or he would be up on radios" is not much better either.
"The pilot stated that it was not uncommon to place the helicopter outside of the box" is the only one that might remotely qualify. But then again, the other pilot basically stated the opposite.
This guy was obviously well aware that what he did played an essential role in letting this accident happen.