RAF Pumas originally had a crew of two, not 3 or 4.
But you miss the point; We dealt with the situation but there would have been no time to shut down the aircraft before the angry man might have unwittingly killed himself. Instead, he was given a kick in the chest by the crewman, levelling him to the ground. Turned out he was a local imbecile.
Nor was there time in the second instance to shut down the aircraft; I took a rapid decision to move the aircraft from the scene of a possibly impending accident.
Perhaps you have never had to deal with the "angry man" scenario yourself. Things can happen fast and unpredictably so.
surely they deal with tougher situations in warzones?
Yes, he might have got shot.