Hi TN,
I agree with you on the increase of pilots who have come into RW flying and have been taught in the R22( I myself was) I have flown R44's and B206's, and I cannot help but feel inherantly more comforted in the B206,than the R44 which most people say are similar, I am new in my length of experience of flying, but to me the difference between the R44 and the Bell 206 can be compared to the difference found between a Ford Escort and BMW 750 Saloon, The Robinson product is very popular, but as Mr Robinson tells everone the R22 is not produced as a training vehicle, so why then do all the schools buy them and sell training flights in them, it has to be purely down to costs and low capital outlay compared with other forms of RW A/C.