For all of those who do not hold an IR, EASA thought it to be a good idea to come up with this "bull!!!!" of establishing a VFR-ATPL…..so you can work as Captain on a MPH in VFR-only operations…
Maybe they thought it might be applicable and relevant to those who want to operate Sky Cranes on summer fire fighting campaigns in southern Europe, for instance.
For a first MPH type rating the LST can also act as the ATPL(H) LST and the extension of an SP IR(H) to MP IR(H). In my last role I clarified this with the CAA when we put an ex-military (Sea King) pilot with a CPL/IR (H) and an AW139 SP type rating through an S-92 TR course. He came out with an ATPL/IR(H) following one LST (in the sim).