We operate a fleet of 30+ BBs, each of which has over 5000hrs. Since day one, we have had NO HYD FAILS, so the system is reliable if serviced correctly. A hyd fail in flight gives the pilot at least 20secs of manoevring before the accus exhaust - more than enough time to reduce speed to 65kts. At this speed, there are virtualy no loads on the controls - it's only when speed is reduced on short finals that the loads increase. As long as a run-on lamding is made with 10kts across the disc even small, feeble students are able to put down with no problems. But, ignore the instruction in the RFM and try to reduce speed to a hover, and life gets more difficult (but not impossible).
