Nick, you can put the knife back in it's sheath.
Unless I misread the intent of your post that is.
The comment was an honest appraisal on my part after 12,000 hours. I always considered the ventilation in all its forms/mod states to be woefully deficient and the Archilles heel of an otherwise outstanding machine. I found a day flying in the heat debilitating in the 76, where as a Bell was no problem. Personally I want air on my face when the OAT gets up, as did other pilots in our group, and the engineers came up with a mod on the A model to replace the vent that blew onto the top of your head (where it did no good at all unless bald and not wearing a cap) and put vents on the side pillar where you could direct the flow onto your face. Our C model had the vents in the bottom of the doors, while it gave a healthy flow of air, once again didn't put it where I wanted it. It seemed to me that the machine was designed from the out set to have air con. Just personal observations and preferences, no need to shoot the messenger.