Originally Posted by
helonorth
In EMS in the US, we can land just about anywhere we want. Not an exaggeration. If you don't like the LZ and see a better one, you can land there, no questions asked. We are talking about EMS, not picking up or dropping off some VIP at a hotel.
Exactly. It should be no big deal to land a helicopter and the point I was making is that the whole thing (in UK, which is where we're talking about) it often tends to get blown out of all proportion by those that don't really understand what they are dealing with.