from the client's point of view, they're paying for us to get out and back without undue delay
who gets the fuel bowser first, back at base and who gets taxi clearance first from Ground Control to avoid delays at the runway holding point. Seconds can count
Thanks Colibri49. I can see where you're coming from with the commercial angle but seeing as it's the clients that are twitching in a major way here, perhaps part of the cultural change that has been spoken of over the last few days could be an acceptance by both clients and helicopter operator that it benefits everyone in the long run if things are allowed to happen just a little more slowly. One aspect of that could be pilots taking a little time out to take advantage of a good training opportunity. If young pilots are only being exposed to quality manual handling time and practice emergencies in the simulator, then that's going to create problems in the future.