I wasn't suggesting the hi-viz was going to make a difference, what I meant was, why was everyone else wearing vests but he wasn't? Did it mean he wasn't a person who wouldn't normally be involved in heli ops? Was he unfamiliar with the job?
Turns out, from the TV1 news tonight he was a contractor from the rigging company contracted to erect the Xmas tree, so prob didn't understand the consequence of grabbing a line that hung perilously close to the rotordisc.
Chill out boys....
S2k