Thecontroller you're not getting shot down.
Steve was a well liked, highly professional pilot and there is a clear sense of shock amongst a selection of his peers.
If you are not speculating about this incident how do you see a common link?
Journo's use this site, lets not give them ammunition.
IFR flying is tough at times, SPIFR even more so. Your generalisation will do little to offer any reassurance to this industry (both passengers and progressing pilots). I meet plenty of people that generalise about R22's being unsafe, based purely on statistics, yet they have never flown an R22.
Perhaps your viewpoint and timing would be different if you had known Steve, and if you held an IR.