Sans,
From past experience....Bell 212 with Eleven Seats for Passengers...on a 1.3 hour flight with 3 stops in the field...returning to the Heliport....pax count was 44. All eleven seats full from departure to return. That would equate to 33.84 pax per hour.
Or...say an "A" Model Chinook...33 Pax on an insert and empty return....then six pax and a 105 howitzer and A-22 bag of ammo on the return... 2.0 hours flown..... that provides 19.5 pax per hour plus the Howitzer and Ammo.
Get the point....4.44 pax per flight hour is not an impressive number. No matter how you want to skin this Cat....the
PR piece failed its goal...it did not make the case for the Osprey.
In case you missed the other point of the argument extant....it could have been about five ton Trucks and the point of bad stats remains the same.
If they are going to pat themselves on the back....at least produce the stats that earns that back slapping. They did not do that!