On reading this thread, I noticed that once again someone appeared to have such an extreem opinion that I began to wonder where they were coming from.
It struck me that it would help everyone in their evaluation of the views expressed if the opinion giver declared any interest that they might have. Of course this is quite correctly, strictly an anonymous forum, but I don't think that it would betray ones identity.
For an example I am independant, but I do do work for Eurocopter on a specialist consultancy basis. However I have nothing whatsoever to do with the EC225.
Tigerfish