Warning thread creep...
Harding's PA paid for a vfr (let's call it ''daytime' for punter simplicity) machine afterall - or didn't his PA explain/understand the difference ...............
I don't expect she would have known, I can't imagine many PA's being up to speed on those sort of requirements, the boss probably just says 'get me a helicopter'. I know when getting charter requests for fixed wing and a very few rotary requests a few years back the negotiations are primarily about price/availability, rather than operational restrictions. That may have been due to me being getting quotes from within the industry and the expectation that I would know of potential restrictions.