Special 25,
Maybe you're becoming more aware of your mortality & therefore concerned about reaching the finishing post in one piece!
What do the statistics show with regard to night flying offshore, perhaps a contribution from CAA/SRG might be in order.?Certainly your chances of survival could be enhanced if you are flying with the benefit of a 3/4 axis autopilot with coupler(F/D) & HISL(high intensity strobe lights). The reality is there are a considerable number of machines currently flying the N.Sea without this equipment. One could be forgiven for thinking the regulator might have made this eqpt. mandatory especially after the Scillies S61 accident & several brushes with tornado's (the F3 variant) with offshore/pipelining helis.
regards, airspeed alive