What TC could have told you is that the helicopter doesnt know if its up wind or down wind , the auto is the same . At touchdown the ground speed on the up wind auto will be airspeed minus headwind and the down wind auto will be airspeed + tailwind . Therefore a 10 kn wind will give a 20kn difference in touchdown speed which is fine on a runway but probably not so good on a plowed field. Anyway dont be cross with old TC , he,s tired and grumpy after 100,000 hrs working and still hasnt got his own personal shiny heli ( even if it is a robbo !!)
On an aside , having flown singles exclusively for many years very happily, i have now come to appreciate the slightly happier feeling of flying over dense cities ,with no really appetising landing spots , in the 109 . Still prefer the 350 but 2 engines and 150kn is v nice .....