Note to the participants.....EASA, EU,UK....which is the prism through which you see things....is not the only way helicopters are operated in other parts of the World.
Your rules and regulations do not necessarily apply elsewhere.
Yes....Alice there is more than one way to fly helicopters.
Keep that in mind as you offer your views and interpretations of what is and what should be as in some cases what is in your pea patch is not what is elsewhere.
Crab in a left handed manner hits upon that in his posts.
He does it via comparing the UK Military method to the UK civilian method which are done in the exact same locales but done in a very much different way.
Aircraft and the capabilities of each vary, training varies, experience of the crews vary, weather and weather reporting, and operator safety cultures vary.......along with the difference in the rules and regulations that pertain and are actually applied and enforced.
Is Crab right that the Rules are overlooking exactly why the aircraft are being operated and the entire point of the exercise is at risk due to being ignored for the wrong reasons? I think he is.