I find it interesting reading about the apparent "dangers" of hot refuling without a pilot at the controls. Maybe it is different in other types of operations but almost all logging operations I have worked around the pilot hot refuels the aircraft himself. They usually take a break to and will leave the helicopter running and just walk around to stretch. I have never heard or seen anything bad happen during one of the maybe 5,000 refuels I have been around. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" />