Granny,
I quite agree: having a few thousand sling hours, I'm aware that there are always times that you have to weigh rules against getting the job done.
But to expose a heavily publicised load lift through two countries, over 5.25 hours of flying, and overfly countless public roads, highways and built up areas seems to be taking the "risk management" a bit too far out of the box.
When you have time, read the thread that I linked, and note some of the comments: especially Cyclic Hotline's. Then reflect on the the nine people who were killed, and the court case which found the pilot guilty and gave him 15 months jail
