Sennadog,. . Don`t blame it all on PPLs. The chopper was more likely to be a CPL.. .I had an airprox with a chopper at 400 ft on the climb out. At the subsequent enquiry he said he was programming his GPS at the time and didn`t realise that the airfield was active. Never did find out what he was doing cruising cross country at 400 ft though.. .The `prox` was about 30 ft exactly the same level by the way. It also taught me that your lookout needs to be 360 degrees too, he came at us from the port rear quarter.
Mike W