What was it about using superior judgement to avoid the need to use superior skill.
The number of professional pilots talking utter tosh here is frankly scary. I can’t talk for the military in this exercise - though I fullly concur with DB.
Without wishing to take the HEMS tangent again, the complete abuse of the idea that you can break the rules to save a life simply cannot be translated into HEMS or you become a dangerous HEMS pilot. The rules are appropriately adapted for HEMS, and lifting into the air to ‘save a life’ bears no resemblance to actions taken in the air to save your own life - especially in the case of weather when one usually has an idea what they are progressing into. If the CAA have read this thread they would be appropriately horrified at some of the suggestions being made. Military bravado bo**ocks from the usual culprits.
p.s. As someone rightly said, wide angle cameras make things look further away, not closer..