What point are you trying to make !??
Of course EVERY helicopter is " quite capable of EOL,s" !!! We are talking about whether there is any real genuine reason in this day and age to practice them. Remember the training syllabus comes from way back when helicopters DID actually go all quiet fairly often, but the new generation of engines are very reliable, hence twins crossing the atlantic. I guessed earlier that 10 helicopters are crashed practicing autos for every one crashed in the real thing, most people i have talked to say they think it could be 20 !!! Fine, practice autos in your heli but you should have to pay an insurance premium for doing so. I am looking at getting a quote for 10 - 20 helicopters of under 1m value where SPECIFICALLY they will NOT be covered for EOL,s...if the premiums are way down who wants to come in? Looking for 20% min savings, prob 500 hrs PIC min and named pilots.
Mongoose 237 Totally agree, the last few feet are not important...the Heli is insured and this is the type of claim that ShOULD be made. But how many full power loss incidents have there been in UK in last few years ? ( dont count going into auto for other reasons, usually unnecessarily!!)