Me, too. Nuts for sure. Gulp. It sure makes you want to run screaming down the street in the direction of the nearest home birth midwife. At least, that's my reaction. 'Spose I'm biased, I'm more scared of getting messed with in hosp than I am of labour pain or the slight risk of complications (I'm more scared of becoming one of the road kill 43 that that) so I guess that explains why I (ex-nurse and well aware of what hosp birth involves) did run screaming down the road to the nearest home birth midwife ....
I really hope your friend gets her normal vaginal breech birth & I hope she has some excellent birth support with her at the time.