It appears that you do, but appear to strongly oppose any suggestion that the stricter rules already applying elsewhere just might help make it safer.
How many 24/7 Helicopter EMS Operations are there in the UK? How many can do scene landings off airport at night?
If the rules were changed...would there be more EMS operations that would set up shop and thus provide a needed service to the community? You reckon the Operators would find a way to do it safely despite a change in your rules?
Have you ever done a realistic comparison of the US aviation infrastructure provided by the government to that provided by the UK government?
Can you land at an airport when the Control Tower is closed? Can you land at an airport that does not have on-site manned Fire Services? There are dozens of examples of where your system is so restrictive it kills the industry but will you accept it being so?
Lord God Shy....what happens if you have the sheer gall to walk on the Dispersal without a Hi-Vis Jacket?
Your rules don't make it safer....they make it impossible!
That is my underlying message Shy......the rule should make it safer...not bloody impossible!
Again...you fail to make the connection that the UK rules prevent real Helicopter EMS operations based upon the "rule" rather than 'performance".
It is the Pilot/Operator that should be the deciding authority upon when the service is provided...not the Government. The government should provide the opportunity for the private sector to offer its services.
If one legislates the standards to the point the service cannot be done at all....then where is the sense in that?
Your inability to accept the CAA's rules as being excessive is the usual Achille's Heel Brits have when defending the rules you have to work under.
The CAA has earned a nickname of "Crats Against Aviation" for valid reasons...some fairly applied and some not.