To imply that any pilot worth his salt would allow a cameraman to use a harness that isn't adjusted to keep him in the aircraft is just laughable
Seems that when a camera turns up, some parts of the brain take a holiday.
I once convinced the pilot of a US government emergency rescue helicopter to strap my waist and feet to the wheel strut of a S58D wessex, so I could stand on it without slipping off and achieve a nice shoot from outside the aircraft looking in...
Shot was going well until we made a brisk landing after a strange vibration was felt in the cyclic.
That was a few years ago, has human nature changed since then?
Mickjoebill