HC
I can go along with that no problem. Your observation that the candidates for a TR course can already fly seems to have passed the regulators by. When are they going to get it! You give a guy a commercial licence - what does that tell you? YES - HE CAN FLY A **?!@ing helicopter!!.
Why does every TR course devote so much of the time to something the authorities have already confirmed. What we need is to focus on what makes the new helicopter different and especially, these days, the systems that are at the heart of the beast.
The chances are that tomorrows 'loss of control' accident is going to be down to mishandling of the automation not a lack of flying skills per se.
G.