Gentlemen,
I am led to believe this hypothetical situation will not develope into something more serious with regards to "reckless endangerment", having had a visit from the campaign. However now another situation exists which I think is open to interpretation.
According to my two certified engineers, this load is only being carried and makes no difference whether it is switched on or not. According to them no modifications have been made to the airframe, so no certification is required. However the campaign says different. Does anyone know where in the ANO can the relevent rules be found on this? ie, it's deemed ok and acceptible to carry rotor blades over hanging the rear doors and strapped in across the cargo deck whilst recovering a downed heli, but it's not ok to hang something else out the door that can be switched on and is secured in a similar manner?