I have just seen the rope. On a roping trip the crewman will be by the door, looking forward as the aircraft is approaching the Roping Zone. The troops will still be sitting on the floor the other side of the cabin. A free air hover in Borneo will mean that a maximum of four troops will be in the back. The only people I ever roped in were SAS; Brit/Aus/NZ; so their faces would be blackened. You would only see a couple of them in the cabin in that view.