Albatros, you rock!
Just now i just hung up the phone with an instructor at Bell Helicopter Trainning academy, to take a refresher soon. I do feel confortable with autos, but they are defenetly not second nature. I do need an instructor with me to play it safe (and a school heli), and you nail it, when you said i am responsible for 3 or 4 more lives.. That's what i most stay fresh...
I think the best thing is to get one hour every month on a school heli with an instructor to make autos become second nature. At least til i get to be 200 hours. Then i will keep the refreshers every 6 to 8 months.
Thanks.