Angels - your casual dismissal of other peoples' posts because they do not agree with you marks you out as either a wind-up merchant just causing trouble or someone who really doesn't know anything about helicopters other than what you have read from a book.
Brian is a well respected member of the rotorheads forum and his posts are always accurate and well informed.
With some ineveitable exceptions, pilots in helicopters fly in the right hand seat even at maximum speed in an ASTAR.
Compared to some I am still a newbie on helicopters but after 26 years and 7000 hours in helicopters (19 years as a QHI) I do have a vague idea of what happens in them.
Keep on fishing