Thanks! So that broadly confirms what I had read. I assume US and Europe safety is quite similar?
With regards to autorotation, I had previously read this was taught to all new pilots as basic training (land with engines shut off), and is apparently even easier to learn than hovering. However the person I was talking to said in real life scenarios, "the number of successful auto-rotates performed is in single figures" and "in reality helicopters fall out of the sky". Is this true?