except that they get more column inches if things go wrong.
ok, but when my car gets recalled its generally not life or death. Lets ramp things up a little and get the helicopter industry out of the pioneer age. We don't accept risk like this anymore and the industry should rise to the challenge. As I said before, if Boeing or Airbus was to hit the headlines with chafed pipes, twisting airframes, cracked tail pylons on brand new airframes the traveling public would revolt. This are real faults on 21st century aircraft.