76fan
""plan for the worst and hope for the best. (Eeeeek!)
As a BA pilot once remarked to me as we flew to pick up a VIP "we have made more decisions flying for half an hour in this helicopter than the captain of a 777 makes in flying from the UK to the west coast of America". ""
BA does not want accidents - it learns that following standard procedures it can help greatly to avoid these accidents - so it's easy with fixed runways to enforce monitoring of its drivers applying said procedures.
The helicopter with its freedom and flexibility is why I suspect many of us want to stay flying them ..... but the dichotomy would seem that we are in danger of being confined to fixed runways / heliports unless we can find better ways of sticking to some basic procedures to keep the passengers safe?