Err, Wee Weasley Viet-taff insurgent...
"Its all very well for a Johnny Harrier/Roland Rotary type to pipe up about fields ops and flying. They DO NOT perform 12hrs sorties with the fatigue related to such."
News to me, ****. You think choppers only go for quick 30 minutes whazzes when there's entire ships to unload, injured climbers to find or 1000 troops to rotate through Aldergrove? And I also guarantee the noise , vibration and light levels in any helicopter are far far far worse than in what ever flying playbus you operate.