This was not a military aircraft or crew
So what difference do you think that makes? The second time I was flying a civil registered aircraft on a civilian licence.
There is probably far more danger from the cyclic being grabbed by some nutcase than having him hang on the skids. If the disc tilted enough to remove his arms or head, what would folk have said then? Almost certainly that the pilot should have raised the lever, lifted off and put the miscreant out of danger below the aircraft..
