I believe you are a bit unfair helicomparator, and this thread tends to turn into a mad dogs fight....and when you are stating that eurocopter would need an nick lappos equivalent, there is no risk in that....with this company's arrogant and distant attitude towards the "common" public and users
Nick has been giving for long, a very precious contribution and informations to everyone on this forum, knowing his involvment in the S92 project, we cannot blame the sometimes commercialy oriented arguments.
This appart, beeing french myself, I regret the absence (or the too late intervention( of a 'french equivalent" of M.Nick Lappos on this forum, to talk a little bit more about EC helicopters.