Post PPL(H) lic.
Hi,
First congrats!
I got my PPL(H) in a R-22 and spent the next 50+ hrs. going on a bunch of SOLO cross-country flights (200nm min.) so as to get 'entirely comfortable' with the machine, handling, solo decision-making, discipline, planning, etc. etc. -- so that, when I eventually DID take up my first passenger, I was as comfortable as I normally am in the 'fixed wing world'.
(Fixed Wing World: 15yrs. flying, CPL-A/S-MEL-IA, 1300hrs. TT).
Passengers 'pick up', v. quickly, whether YOU are 'entirely comfortable' in the cockpit environment and THAT influences whether 'they' enjoy the flight or just 'endure it' (and relay as much to their friends.)
FWIW, I have found nothing better - that builds 'personal confidence' -than SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY flights (to airports/fields *other* than the ones you encountered during your training!)
Just my two cents, as they say.
Cordially,
Gerry