Hello Fr O'Blivien, as this is a free country and we are all entitled to our own opinions, re:Gazelle maintenance. I work for "One of the others " whom you have no trust in, we maintain 20+ Gazelles and to date not only have Mac's ringing up for the odd bit of advice but Eurocopter have now started giving our name out to their customers when it comes to Gazelle probs. Between just 3 of the 10 engineers there we have 45 years experience on type, and 12 of those were personally in the Mil, if you are under the impression that Mil servicing is safer than the civil side then I'm afraid that you are wholly misinformed and obviously have never worked as an engineer in both.
Ps. the civil and mil machines have different engines (if you need the full details e.mail my profile address) and they will be given a Permit but any hope of a C of A for commercial work is in vain I'm afraid.