You sound like a drone enthusiast, so let's play the odds. Assume for a bit that there is a low but non-zero chance that a helicopter could be damaged by a dro

You sound like a drone enthusiast, so let's play the odds. Assume for a bit that there is a low but non-zero chance that a helicopter could be damaged by a drone. Now let's imagine the unlikely scenario that a helicopter and drone collide, resulting in loss of the helicopter and death of its operator. Do you think the public response to that scenario is going to leave much of the drone hobbyist ecosystem intact? Or is it more likely (human nature being what it is, especially when faced with an event in the "We could have prevented this but failed to" category) that laws will be passed to ban drone operation unless the operator has a year of training, N hours of flight time, retinal scans on record, and a giant red 'D' branded on their chest? For the health of the drone hobbyist ecosystem, it would be wise for drone operators to steer clear of emergency response situations so as to not even make the question of what to do in the event of a crash a necessary one to answer.