I fink wot he (fonewind) means is - have an investigation, find out what actually happened.
If the pilot did an amazing job saving the helicopter from being smited by the big hand above - well done.!!!!!
If the pilot as
"rumoured" got himself into that predicament because he had actually been bumped up to command when he didn't do so well on his command check - then demote him ground him or retrain him.
Not flying into the sea does not excuse unloading passeengers - reloading fresh ones and flying back to base.