I am 100% in agreement with SAS. It would be a monumentous stretch to link these two issues.
As far as the 76A's...they have done the job successfully for decades but like any good tool, they can be unforgiving.
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Regarding this whole thread: another example of a customer (Ontario Ministry of Health/Ornge) who feels after a period of time that they can better manage all that money they are giving to the helicopter operator.
They aren't the first that even I have seen in my limited experience. They won't be that last. I would never, as a helicopter pilot, decide that I was capable of managing a hospital or running the operations of an emergency room, or of running a lumber mill, and the list goes on.
The people who are used to holding the purse strings and being at the top of their respective game will inevitably think they know better, invest, and then muck it up. The exceptions are notable for their rarity.