I dissagree strongly, less than 100 days in service and unbroken paint on the blade tip with around 2.5 inches of bubbling corrosion under the original factory INTACT paint. These blades are washed daily and the aircraft is in MX for a 100hr every 3 weeks.
We have seen a very concerning trend with post 2007 blades (strangely enough around the time the EPA made RHC change the painting proceedure to water based paint)
All of our older blades comfortably made 2200 overhaul including 2 R44's that were made in 2006 (we have yet to see a 44 Blade delaminate and we operate 6 of them). BUT we have 7 post 2007 manufacture R22's (11 in total) and we have seen 5 blade problems (2 were repaired under warranty) on those 7 aircraft. Our pre 2007 blades have held up fine.
Up until 2007 we didnt see a single delamination. Our maintenance proceedures are now MUCH tighter than we were previously when it comes to blade care and I dont accept the allegation that its as a result of operator mis-use we have been completely ANAL about blade care knowing the cost of failure.
As a matter of interest did you see any corrosion on the 44 tail and what year of manufacture was it?