Nothing is as useless as altitude above you and runway behind you. While the rest of the crew may be in the same predicament, it's almost always the pilot's job to arrive at the crash site first. When you shoot your gun, clean it the first chance you get. Loud sudden noises in a helicopter WILL get your undivided attention. Boxes of cookies from home must be shared.
Girlfriends are fair game.
Wives are not. Everybody's a hero on the ground in the club after the fourth drink. There is no such thing as a small firefight. A free-fire zone has nothing to do with economics. The farther you fly into the mountains, the louder the strange engine noises become.