peril of getting off/on aircraft with propeller spinning?

[Jimmy cooper]

What that pilot did was stupid. You can't do this with a unbriefed pax or without a handler.

I have boarded caravans, H6 porters and Bell 406 helos with the prop/blades spinning, but there was a briefing and rules beforehand. I have hot-loaded air-tour pax in a 206 with the engine running, again there was a handler and a briefing.

There are few absolutes in aviation.

The girl apparently did not get a briefing. Plus it was night time. A real stupid decision on the part of the pilot. But......there's always someone who will say, "yes but.....and on and on. Ad nauseum. There ARE absolutes in aviation for sure! More so than in most other forms of transportation. Just check the FAA accident reports. Full of em!

 

[weilke]

There ARE absolutes in aviation for sure! More so than in most other forms of transportation. Just check the FAA accident reports. Full of em!

About once a year someone walks into a running prop. Most of those people have a job that puts them into the environment, linemen, bank courier, manifest girl, mechanic etc. The cases like this one with people who shouldn't have been near a running airplane in the first place are less common.