SAS: calm down dear.
Rules were invented to control the average punter. Because the average human really does need looking after after centuries of softening up with restrictions on anything and everything.
After all we are human therefore we err.
Pilots (and I know you're going to find this hard to swallow) are not anything special. They 'cock up' like all other walks of life, the problem is, when they do, it's usually when they have a lethal weapon in their possession.
I am sure there are many pilots out there who do this day in and day out - successfully. BUT it is still inherently dangerous and when one considers that the average pilot is just another human, so called experts with the wisdom and authority afforded them by our lords and masters serve to ALARP the risk of inflicting serious harm or death by handing a lethal weapon over to 'just another human'.
Like it or leave it SASSY, it's designed to protect most humans, most of the time.
But helo pilots are real men and so the rules don't apply in this case.......
