Training hours
Seriously clutching at straws to say a properly trained pilot can't maintain a hover by looking through a bit of plastic.
Satsuma,
I am not sure whether you are aware that civvies have been flying SAR for over 40 years. Yes I know the RAF/RN had an abundance of flying training hours but there is always a lot more circulation within the forces as people move on and new crews move in. Civvy SAR is not like that.
I am not sure of your ability and maybe you think based on your experiences that 50 hours is far from the mark required to keep a crew competent but I think the civvies do quite a good job with their training hours.
How do you know the 189 is no good for SAR if there is not even a SAR 189 built yet? Perhaps you had better let Agusta know your secret.
It may turn out to be a poor platform but we don't know yet. It's like me telling everyone you are a s*!t operator. I have never even met you, or have I!