Originally Posted by
Hughes500
Crab
The ANO does state that one can throw away the rules if is for saying life This is tongue in cheek
Unfortunately the pilot is seldom in a qualified position to make that decision in a casevac situation (deemed public Transport in UK) and even where it might seem obvious it might not be a defence in law. During my time as a police pilot an EC135 was used to rescue someone drowning in the sea. The pilot hovered just clear of the sea while the observer stood on the aircraft skid and pulled the person out of the water. It should have been obvious that a life was saved but the CAA subsequently published a warning stating that the next pilot to try this sort of thing would be prosecuted for endangering the aircraft! Bizarre, but true.