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I've worked with both. Drones are safer than Helo's, absolutely no question. Lenses are getting lighter and more compact and will continue to do so, as 6 - 8 blade drones are being developed. Thats the end for the few remaining industry Helicopter pilots.
There is another reason which my partner pointed out. If him, me, the DP, and the Agency cd OR Exec Prods all go up in the same helicopter and it crashes. Theres no one with an overall of the project to finish the film. You have 70 people standing around on the ground who beyond obvious niceties don't really give a toss and still want to get paid. And the client will still want the film they paid for. Its same reason we each take a copy of the job footage and travel on different flights when we come home from location work.
Sad but the research say people don't want those lush rich painterly pictures of the 35mm era where lens quality was everything. Butch and Sundance, McCabe and Mrs Miller, Heavens Gate, the Deer Hunter would never get made now. Studio's both traditional and new have research that shows audience's care less about image and more about shorter fast paced, phone viewable footage where watching something is a part of doing everyday stuff, not the main event.
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