Originally Posted by
HeliComparator
... ... But for the passengers, a dispassionate calculation would probably show that the 225 was safer than many other types.
That is where I stand, HC. There is no current sign of there being a search for intelligent life in the UK North Sea, so the subject doesn't really come up. However, if I were getting on a helicopter at Dyce or Scatsta tomorrow then I would happily get on the world's most examined rotorcraft, which is the 225. The numbers tell me that is the correct approach.
I still fly in 92s for other purposes. It's a great aircraft and along with the 225 has given us a huge step forward in large rotorcraft safety during the last 14 years but I remain a little suspicious of it. Quite a few ifs and buts in its engineering history though nothing compared to many older types of course. These subjects are so distorted by people happily ignoring hundreds of deaths that have occurred across the history of the helicopter.