All,
I'm slightly confused for a number of reasons.
Firstly I can't remember the last time I flew in a chopper where the doors were completeley sealed! It seems they all have ill fitting doors and despite repeated corrective action on the ground they seem to work themselves free again.
I've had a door pop open on me a number of times and I find the best thing to do is to put it on the deck and sort it out. Last year I was flying a 480 with my 14 year old son in the RHS. He was happily reading the latest Harry Potter book when he announced that his door had popped open at the top.
He flies with me regularly and didn't even bat an eyelid, just carried on listening to his iPod and reading his book. For a moment I was tempted to carry on to my destination which was only 10 minutes off as my son certainly wasn't bothered.
I did however put it in a field and shut the door.
I'm also surprised that a pilot with that much experience would allow a situation to develop to such an extent due to a door opening in flight.
A terrible shame.
Joel