I want to fly with confidence, I never felt confident with this particular helicopter.
On the other hand I flew 330s and 332 L(1)s from 1971 until 2009 and I never had a moment of concern. I took part in the first trials in 1972 where we intensively flew aircraft so as to prove extensions to the gearbox's life from 800 hrs to 2,400.
The RAF bolted down the inclined shaft hinge pin in 1972. When I joined Bristow I suggested that they do the same thing to their 330Js. I wasn't listeded to because I was a crab but luckily one migrated about six inches out about a week later so they did it. Super Puma comes along, same system. Doogal (RIP) and myself protested. 'This isn't a Puma. this is a Super Puma'. The rest is history.
Neither of the two aircarft that ditched this year ditched because of the geabox mechanical fault. They ditched because the EMLUB warning system failed, otherwise they would have proceeded with their 30 mins clearance and made landfall.