Originally Posted by
SASless
The quandary about risking lives is how does one do a "Short Haul" without any risk to people....after all you have some dangling at the end of a fixed line.
That one is simple, often the rule, or common sense, will say, don't create risk to a "third party". The guy on the line in short haul, isn't a "third party".
other than that, you simply shouldn't create risk to someone that hasn't asked, or agreed to the risk. I spend probably 80-90% of my time with a load on the hook, so it is something i think about a lot, and try to never fly over third party people or property. i will even divert to avoid stock if it is easy to do. Houses and people are a no brainer, aim for the gaps between them.
Unless it is an emergency, and you are saving life or property, then you do what you can, until the emergency is over.