I would think it would help.
In Southern California, I've seen the crew hand scooters down to divers -- they do it by clipping the scooter to a rope and lowering the scooter, so it's as though it were clipped to the boat, only they're holding the rope. I suppose that somewhat increases the chance of losing one, but I haven't seen it happen -- the Peace guys are pretty good at not dropping things! I would imagine the same idea could be used for bottles, if that would be a compromise that made everybody happy.
In Southern California, I've seen the crew hand scooters down to divers -- they do it by clipping the scooter to a rope and lowering the scooter, so it's as though it were clipped to the boat, only they're holding the rope. I suppose that somewhat increases the chance of losing one, but I haven't seen it happen -- the Peace guys are pretty good at not dropping things! I would imagine the same idea could be used for bottles, if that would be a compromise that made everybody happy.