I've made this topic a 'sticky' because Rule 5 affects all UK helicopter pilots, professional and private.
Your guess is as good as mine whether the CAA will take the slightest notice of what pilots/operators say, but it's got to be worth trying.
This is an opportunity to try to make the Rule more sensible, realistic and workable.
Bear in mind:
More pilots are prosecuted for alleged low flying than for any other single 'offence'.
Most CAA bods have little or no experience of the industry, flying in the civvy world.
Can anyone of our American contributors help by giving us the FAA regs re Low Flying?
As I remember, the FAA regs are simpler, more intelligible and much more sensible.