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Clearly 212 and I disagree on this point, but that's OK, its a purely subjective matter!
My experience is that pilots don't like it for offshore because it gives too many spurious warnings - eg approach a platform just a little too fast (not too fast for safety, just too fast for the EGPWS) and you get a "CAUTION OBSTACLE" nuisance warning. Carry out a rejected takeoff in accordance with the Flight Manual, you get a "TAIL TOO LOW" nuisance warning. Fly over 150kts with the gear down (not applicable to the S92!) and you get a TAWS CWP caption with amber CAUT attention getter.
And then, when someone successfully flies into the sea, no warnings!
Rumour had it that in a certain African country it was standard practice to switch the whole thing off once offshore - that is what you get when a piece of equipment is too distracting and irritating.
Now for onshore ops, as I have said, its very good, but then how much of our time do we spend doing that?
HC