SASless,
I'm sure the same holds true for a fixed wing!
What's the point in calling for a shields-down review when your main interest is using it to sneak punches.
Passengers have been equipped with re-breathers since the results of this research was published and specifications produced. Re-breathers were seen only as providing breath hold in the ditching case; what has changed in the meantime is the realisation that, whilst we have never lost a passenger in a ditching incident, we continue be susceptible to water impact accidents (such as Sumburgh).
Outwest,
Look in here:
CAA Paper 2005/06: Summary Report on Helicopter Ditching and Crashworthiness Research | Publications | About the CAA
Jim