Helmet
Speaking from the "professional"passenger point of view as a aerial cameraman,
I wear a helmet.
After spending a week filming with HEMS in the early days I asked the crew why the police ASU wore helmets but they did not. They agreed that it was perverse; that they would land at the scene of a car accident to pickup a critical patient often with a head injury, yet they themselves had no head protection.
A few years later I flew with them again and helmets were madatory.
In fact I wear a helmet or skate board crash hat, whenever I am shooting from a moving vehicle as having a 10 kilo camera on ones shoulder in a moving vehicle is a daft occupation in the first place.
A skateboard helmet costs less than £20!
Mickjoebill
Last edited by mickjoebill; 5th December 2003 at 05:49.