Originally Posted by
Jim59
The guy had never flown in in a helicopter before. How is he expected to know the danger areas? Common sense does not come into it. Unless a passenger has received an extensive briefing including walking around a similar chopper with rotors stopped and had everything pointed out to him it should be assumed that he needs to be escorted at all times - because he does.
I used to go to work on choppers and we received thorough, extensive briefings and we still had marshallers at each end to make sure nothing went wrong.
The operator cannot shrug his shoulders and say not my problem, the victim was at fault. It has a name. Negligence.
This is why we have such a lawsuit crazy society here in the States. Too many people who don't have the common sense to not walk into the loud spinny thing without being "told" not to. Its never my fault, I'm always the victim, life happens to me,...now give me money!
Its your fault you didn't save me from myself.