liability to passengers??
Decided to take someone for a ride in our Hughes today, my brother was flying and I decided to stay on the ground to make sure all the doors were shut and everyone was strapped in properly while he concentrated on the flying.
I put one passenger in the front and another in the back. After their 5min ride I was letting the lady out of the back, she stepped down from the helicopter with my help, when I thought she was firmly on the floor i stopped helping here, and she fell under the helicopter and broke here wrist as a result.
I felt really helpless and slightly responsible, i'm wondering if anything comes of this what kind of liability might i have to the passenger?
Do any of you guys put the little '....at own risk' notices in your helo's?
I know this may sound stupid to some of you but I think the way things are these days it may be necessary.
Any comments?
(helicopter is privately operated)