DD That's exactly how I remembered it, Transverse seats are a nightmare for a crewman to carryout all that's required of him, which is why our helis always had a clear centre floor if we were doing USLs. In Ireland it was common place to carry troops and USLs at the same time but we were only covering short distances and had plenty of refuel sites to top up with in-between. If you have open doors there is always the possibility of loosing kit no matter what type you are flying on, a fact of life when you cant always secure everything before you get airborne!!