Originally Posted by
Heathcliff
I am confused. The pilots involved were totally unaware each time they were hovering over naked people? They claim they didn't know Pogmore was filming, but they must surely have been aware they were flying, deliberately, over naked people, and taking their time about it. This isn't what police aircraft is for.
Is there a story with more information?
The pilot flies the aircraft by looking forwards and at the flight instruments as required and not at the camera screen. As JT2 wrote, the monitor side view is screened off from the pilot. The pilot doesn't know what the camera is actually being aimed at because it can be scanned through 360 degrees in azimuth and anywhere below the aircraft, in effect anywhere within a hemisphere. Even if he was made aware he certainly wouldn't know whether any particular shot is being recorded or not. The video recorder controls are not in the view of the pilot. In the AS355 I flew they there were in the rear of the cabin.