It's going to happen to you! When it happens and you panic, pull all the collective you want and you're still going to go down!!

Flying in Bad Weather: Go lower and slower until you are at a hover. Never fly faster than what you can see ahead of you. When approaching a ridge that may have crappy weather on the other side, approach it at an angle so you can turn away from the ridge if the weather looks crappy on the other side. Don't be afraid to hover over a tree in bad weather and "tree walk". Be careful when you are "tree walking" over a ridge: I once was hovering over what I thought was level ground when I realized that I was in a 40 degree bank and level with the side of a cliff (I wondered why the trees looked like they were growing at a weird angle!) Always bring a telescoping fishing pole or gameboy so you can have something to do if you are forced to land due to weather. Use a windshield protectant (like 210, Plexus, Lemon Pledge...) to help the rain "slide" off the wind screen (this was a requirement when flying in Southeast Alaska). Find some good sunglasses that have high contrast (shooting glasses or Seregenti). Having sunglasses to see the cloud textures has kept me from dying on a few occasions. If the snow or ice is building on the windshield then it's probably building up on the rotors too. Bring something to wipe the INSIDE of the windshield on high moisture days. Don't go IFR inside the cabin. Don't trust any weather forecasts! Ask other pilots what it was like and err on the safe side. Never go for the sucker holes. Use snow baffles

Flying at night during a full moon is almost as easy as flying during the day. On those no moon nights, though, the view is a little different. When I first started flying EMS I had a little over 3,500 hours (most of it was utility work during daylight) with minimal night experience. I had done the "easy" night flying from airport to airport but I had never flown anywhere that demanded any "real" night flying. My biggest worry about flying EMS was the night flying. How do you see clouds at night? How do you keep from running into terrain when you can't see it? Luckily I had good night training from a pilot named Matt Coffey (my boss) and a lot of OTJ to learn how to safely fly at night.