I have sent the link to the video to my son who is a helicopter pilot for the sheriff's office in Naples, FL. He also flies their fixed wing and is a rotary wing instructor for the helicopter school on the airport. He's also an instructor on the use of the high quality night vision goggles, the ones that cost many thousands of dollars per unit. I wouldn't thought it, but it takes a fair amount of experience with those things to be really proficient with those guys. He works nights and a lot of their operations are over the very sparsely populated areas of the Everglades and along the SW coast of Florida.
I told him I had an opinion as to who was more at fault but that I wanted to hear his take on it before I told him.
I'll be interested to hear what he has to say. Probably won't hear from him until tomorrow, he's off today.
He flies the EMS version of the helicopter that was in the midair, I think. The sheriff's office and the EMS system share pilots since they are expensive and can be difficult to find, especially pilots that are also certified LEO’s in the state.
He has the BEST job in all the world!