SASless
No, you didn't read it the way it was intended. Sorry if I didn't make my point clear enough.
I can sum it up by saying that I want to be flying in the aircraft that doesn't have the cracked gearbox and fall out of the sky (after 30 mins or 3 mins), rather than the one that does. That aircraft may or may not be the one that is certified to the later standard, as there are plenty of critical things (including gearbox cracking) not covered by even the latest certification standards. In fact most of the recent changes to FAR29 revolve around crashworthiness. I'd rather not crash in the first place - I want to be in the reliable helicopter and there ain't no certification standards for that.
It was a sort of "lets try to be a bit more balanced rather than just slagging off Nick" type of post. You think I am anti-sikorsky - not so, I just object to Nick's blatant pro-sales propaganda at the expense of facts.
HC