Yeah, I''d love some smart-ass to tell me I couldn''t wear a helmet. I wouldn''t need it in writing, either, before his ass was in a sorry sling!
It''s easy for these brainless wonders to lay down ''policy'' like this, but not so easy to back it up. If any of them had ever been in the position of keeping their tiny brains together because they had worn one, they''d have a different attitude, no doubt.
There''s been ongoing discussion since helmets started to become common in the industry - fears about having to provide them for customers, and the costs involved (like everything else that MUST be provided, the cost would get incorporated into rates) - could you make customers wear them, especially if one size (and a questionable state of hygiene) had to fit all?
But the guy that makes his living flying them, and risks having his brains scrambled in any substantial wreck (and even some rather innocent-looking ones), MUST have the unquestionable RIGHT to wear a helmet, and any company that denies that right, be damned!