Well said RH,
When i did my PPL training in the UK, all we did was full down auto's, none of this powered recovery stuff.
I think terminating the auto is one of the most important skills a pilot needs to learn. Its ok learing how to enter, get your spot and keep your RPM's but all that is useless if you bin the heli into the floor.
I dont know how here in the US they can expect to send off a student who has never even been shown a fulldown, let alone him save his own ass with one.
Fulldowns should be as much a part of the syllabus as hovering.
When that donkey goes, you only have ONE chance to get it right!
R22 IMHO