Originally Posted by
boratron
Stop believing in that!! Maintenance is all about being proactive, not reactive. You wont always get the chance to fix something after its broken! My view is that if you have a brand new heli, and this is recommended, $1200 is nothing, do it!
It depends on who is doing the recommending. In the OP's case, the mechanic is recommending to do an inspection 200 hours earlier than the OEM recommends. And on a new engine. Why? First, being a new engine, does it have the new type valve guides installed? If so that OEM 300 hour check gets bumped to 1000 hours or 1/2 TBO time. In this case, that would mean the OP would be performing the inspection 900 hours early. So I believe the OP has every right to question it as there's a bit more missing to the mechanics recommendation.