I am reassured to be reminded that the UK must posess one of the most skilful sets of helo pilots worldwide as
every single one, civvy PPL and military, do
all their EOLs to grass with no awareness that it was considered remarkable. (
AFAIK)
You are, after all, practicing for emergency landngs in fields...
Perhaps the concern is that rather than keep standards high, it is seen better to make things easier...............
That's all quite wonderful, until a student doesn't do that, and his 200 hour super-pilot CFI doesn't sort it out in time.
And there is the other big issue - at 200 hours you have barely learned to fly a helicopter let alone teach other people to do so - this is justified by the need to hours-build to have a career progression.
Then because of the number of inevitable accidents caused by combining a helicopter unsuitable for basic training with instructors with little experience and ability, the insurance costs go up and people stop doing EOLS/full down autos. Dumbing down training because people 'have the right' to fly a helicopter.