Apologies for being a grump all.
I used to drive for that crowd and to harange one of the pilots would add to his daily load of trouble (infer what you will)
However, they give lowtimers a job and a start. What they don't give (in the past mind you....) was good on the job training or any level of operational check ride. If you have a licence you must know what you is the assumption. And come to think of it, why should they not think that way. After all we all have CPL's.....
Regardless, my old quacker had the HF fitted but it never worked. An HF aerial in an R22 is a joke because there simply is very little room and all of that is taken up with the swag, two jerries, toolkit and the mandatory 5lt's water.
One of the things you soon learn out there is to find out your machines fuel burn and carry a dipstick. Hense why he had the engineer on board....hahahaha
OK, me happy now, me go shovel snow off driveway....bye.