I have a story for you. There was a chase going east on the 101 FWY around Calabasas 2 years ago. No less than 6 helicopters flying around. There is a big noisy Navy helicopter that goes to Point Mugu NAS every day at that time. He dropped down to 50 feet for safety. Almost all the trash in a dumpster was flying around. Lots of big noise and wind and dust.
Doesn’t surprise me at all.
Its dangerous enough flying a helicopter when you are ‘focused’ from what I’ve been told.
By definition, these pilots are focused at least part of the time on ‘the ground’ and not whats around them in ‘the air’.
There wouldn’t be that kind of pressure on them if they were not ‘live’ in my opinion.