Jeez guys - can't we all play nice?
We are supposed to be professionals.
Discussions not arguments should be our goal.
Good point about the rig procedures having priority. "When in Rome".
They are published and not complicated.
Even a quick briefing as to requirements over the radio would have helped.
In any case one of the SAR crew could exit the aircraft and brief with the deck crew before anyone approaches the "whirling machine of death".
I doubt the anti-cols are hotwired on.
So many good, interesting posts degenerate into a "Big Dogs pissing on Tall Trees" events. The dogs are left to bark, growl and snap at each other. Everyone else gives up and leaves.