Surprised to see the young camera man running for his life rather than helping the pilot from the wreckage! What would do have done if you where on the outside and pilot on the inside? I would have given him a hand at the least!
I would like to believe i would jump up and try to pull the pilot to safety but i guess unless i was put in that situation for real then who knows? Maybe i would be getting the fark outta there too. Hard one.
Hmm... I am passengered to work on a HELO and have been for almost 13 years on variouse aircraft.
Training does, as is stated, brace for impact, when rotors stop exit and move in a controlled manner away from the aircraft.
I dont beleive he was controlling his movements, more fleeing for his life
As I am pretty close to my co-workers I travel with I would find it hard to explain to there families that I could not help, if it was the case I couldnt, I'd like to think I could
my 2 cents worth
looked like a snake response, your eyes see the snake and tell your legs to move,then let your brain know whats going afterwards
The guy had just been in a helicopter crash, guaranteed he thought at some stage he was going to die, when an opportunity presented itself to escape that scenario he did. Without significant training otherwise, it came down to one of two basic instincts/reactions. Flight or fight. You can't second guess his reaction unless you were there in the helicopter with him and the pilot.
Everyone has 20/20 hindsight. I'd like to think I'd stick around and help the pilot but I couldn't and wouldn't guarantee it unless I was actually there.
AS most people here have said, you really don't know what you would do until it happens.
Sometimes you surprise yourself by doing miraculous things.
Sometimes you surprise yourself by not doing something very much less than miraculous.
It all depends on where your mind is at the time.
One thing is very much more common however, and that is, if the other person or people in the situation are people you love, children, family, dog? then your first reaction is usually to dive in and get them out, even in impossible situations.
I guess in this instance, all it means is, he wasn't madly in love with the pilot. That's understandable. 
It's good to read all your comments ....
it's lucky they both survived.
I was just surprised to see the camera man running from the scene and not checking first to see if the pilot needs assistance.
If the chopper caught on fire and the pilot perished how would the camera man be feeling now ....it might have been an incident where the pilot had both his arms broken or was pinned in the wreak.
Obviously due to training and industry standard and personal shock this wasn't the option.
In the marine industry the standard is that all crew and passengers are to be accounted for before abandoning ship.....(apart from Italy)!
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So much supposition here on a lots of maybe's, what if's etc
It was reported that the pilot set the extinguishers off (in turbine I think) before exiting.
Which means he probably told the cameraman to get the hell outa here, I'm right behind you.
