I'm not surprised this happened (if indeed it did happen as rumoured). The standard of some heli pilots is very poor, according to those close to the training of some of them. If the standard of R/T one hears from a lot of them is the general standard they operate to, I can only concur.
Some "gems" I have heard lately:
Heli's departing in the control zone with no flight plan.
Heli's looking to transit the zone VFR during hours of darkness.
Heli's looking to go IFR and then admitting they are not IFR rated.
etc etc
There are a lot of guys out there who shouldn't be allowed fly a kite, let alone a helicopter. It's no wonder helicopter accidents happen so frequently.