Talking to a colleague of mine today. He knew Dave from old during their time together in Chinooks. Dave was a very highly thought of QHI. Like Dave, my colleague never practiced EOL's. They only ever practice auto's to a 100' overshoot. Dave then flew for the police on the Ec135: never practiced EOL's, only auto to the overshoot.
When was the last time a 'seasoned' aviator ever experience decaying Nr from a real EOL compared to the prepared and planned: "Auto"?
Add to this flying over hostile territory / night / captions / commotion in the cockpit from crews..........