I also find the reported TT of the flight crew surprising, to put it midly. As well as a couple other details of the report.
CVFDR installed but not operational? No cockpit cameras? OEI training mode safeguard completely eliminated?
That is certainly not how I would have imagined testing of these regimes on such a complex helicopter would have gone down nowadays at one of the major players in the industry.
The data in the report seems unbelievably undetermined to me, considering these test flights should be monitored way more closely than any other type flight.
The 525 with only 2 SOB sure can carry a ****load of FTE, why not use that to the max when going simulated OEI at 185kt?
