Hilton wrote:
Al,

Exactly. Doesn't matter how often and vocal the 'see and avoid' crowd
shouts, the truth is that 'see and avoid' does not work 100% of the
time. It obviously really really helps, but for Ol Shy and Bashful to
say that it was "SEE AND AVOID - someone screwed up" is nonsense. The NTSB
reports are littered with accidents and near misses where
the pilots never saw each other, the San Diego midair being a very
important one in the history of aviation.

Hilton

You are right but this isn't one of those times. Those pilots new well or
should have known well that other news copters were in the area covering the
same story.