dak,
Please do not generalize my words, you then wouldn't be so surprised. I have avoided putting manufacturer's labels on this discussion because of exactly what you have done, put your nationalistic/manufacturistic (is there such a word?) ethos first and your safety judgement second.
My contention is that we apologize for crappy systems that fail to do their job by bragging "any pilot worth his salt should be able to handle the fact that the controls lock up or the tail rotor fails to control the machine!"
Meanwhile, the accident reports prove that assertion is simply bull, since accidents can and do happen all too frequently BECAUSE of jack stall and LTE. If accidents do not happen because of Jack Stall, I would not take this point of view. Since they do, your contention that pilots ought to be better is simply arrogant bull, since it implies that pilots and passengers get what they deserve, since they don't fly with perfect pilots like you. Such a position has no place when we speak of how to make our industry better.
Our passengers do not want to ride in substandard machines built with flaws that were engineered out decades ago just because our pilots are so proud of their testosterone driven skills that they do not fear a helicopter that can go out of control unless babied. What do we tell your widow when you try to avoid a bird at altitude and get jack stall and hit the dirt? That you were a bad pilot and deserved it?
Have I experienced jack stall? Yes, in several helo types, as far back as the AH-1G in 1969, but I have also flown an S-76 with one servo system turned off at maximum gross weight to Vne, and pulled 2.0 G's without feeling any difference in the controls. Why did I do that? Because that is how we test to be sure you and your passengers did not have to experience jack stall.
I contend that it is time for us to seek the best for our machines, and stop impuning the skills of our pilot brothers when an accident happens.