To further that point, there are now a growing number of Osprey Pilots for whom that bird is their first "fleet bird" rather than the crews being "helo pilots converted to Osprey pilots" in one way or another.
You will thus find, as a helicopter pilot, yourself in conversation on this topic with person holding a different viewpoint on flying from yourself: a born young Osprey Pilot.
Which is fine, since an Osprey isn't a Helicopter.
From the old paragidm of "there are three kinds of pilots -- jet, prop, and helo pilots" you must shift your perspective, and add in "that fourth kind of pilot who flies that contraption designed and produced by Rube Goldberg Skunkworks, Ltd."
Without that, the correct sort of dick measuring at the bar in the O Club cannot be correctly sustained. For those who were not aware previously ... if you can't hover ...
