Walts, wannabe's and feckin eejits
Without a doubt.
But you flying gentlemen got your mounts thanks to those very idiots. Their names are pretty well known.... Harry Hawker, Juan de Cierva .... As Heli 1 suggests, if its too dangerous the CAA will do something about it.
I recall the screaming from industry across the water when the DoD dumped 3,000 old Vietnam era IH-1, OH-58 and OH-6 on the US market ten years ago about how much damage it would do to jobs of aviators, manufacturers and probably global warming........ They were wrong and most of the 3,000 were rubbish anyway, those that worked gave professional pilots jobs and the industry work in doing up the old and replacing them with new machines when they proved their worth.
Its a good job they did not just scrap them..... a few of the OH-58s are being rebuilt for Afghanistan...
If it is too expensive to do properly maybe this volunteer trial will prove a need that will get jobs for professional pilots. If it doesn't all well and good.