(The f****in Puma is nearly 25 feet high)
Yeah, in the hover, maybe.
4.95m is a little over 16', the pilot eyeline at about 8'.
You're trying to mandate and change procedures when you don't actually know what caused this incident.
It could be an inherent fault with the procedures.
It could be a failure to follow procedures.
Let's find out what caused it, and then mandate and change procedures (assuming that it was these that were at fault), as necessary.
If you really think that the procedures used are causing an inherent risk, are you going to stop flying using them?
Respect to anyone that has the balls to stand by their convictions.
Getting back in my box now.