100% agree with STq's last post.
Rotors running refuels have a time and a place, we do them in Police Ops if the situation dictates. Even then, we have the pilot at the controls, one man at the nozzle and the other at the pump. Yes we have the manpower to do it and could probably do with another to oversee the whole operation. Even in the rare times it is done it is by no means taken lightly.
Sometimes a particular job needs this to happen and when it does it would probably only be when another aircraft cannot give cover when the first ac needs to get away for fuel. So expect this to happen more often once NPAS kick in!
What amazes me, getting back to the 'leaving the ac controls unmanned' discussion, is that the same people that tell us we don't need to fly around with 2 engines because reliability is so good, are the same people that tell us they can't shut down because they might not be able to start up again !
