The Army Air Corps have stopped doing EOLs in Gazelle, apart from training at middle wallop I believe. This is due to the "risk/reward" ratio not being sufficiently stacked in favour of EOLs.
Rotors - How many Eng failures or deliberate shut downs have you had to date??
How many AC have been banged by practicing for something that is unlikely at best.
I personally think that students should be demonstrared EOLs during training or Type Rating and then possibly a currency of every 5 years or so, a flare recovery PFL is sufficient at other times.
For new studes following this, there is some questionable terminology being used......
Auto - Academic exercise to note glides at various speeds etc
PFL - Utilising Auto to make a landing site, normally recovered by a specified height.
EOL - Using auto to complete a landing without the assistance of the engine. Basically a PFL to land ...without the engine going
