A NZ instructor friend of mine received an email from a mate that was working a tuna boat. The email contained a photo of a H500 on floats that had landed on a sandy spit and someone took a photo of the pilot next to his ride. My friend made a note of the a/c rego and then checked it out on the NZ register. Turns out the register had that rego to an AS350.
Beware and don't get burnt! Those hours could be a problem in the log book (see other recent thread). Especially if you later go to the company that owns the AS350.
I also heard that when the maintenace got a bit slack, the pilot just pushed the machaine over the side. Lucky for him, they didn't make him swim back !!