Good point handysnaks - it just reinforces the question about not being TUPE'd across
As for training - surely the new super-shiny helicopters can manage a safe single- engine hover in light winds by limiting the fuel load towards minimums?
Not doing wets training in light winds means not training for the effect of the mega downwash, means getting surprised when Johnny on his lilo/surfboard takes off when you are trying to rescue him, means ever higher hover heights to mitigate the downwash just in case, means ever more reliance on the Hover Trim for rescues, means ever more reliance on the underpaid and non-licensed rearcrew!
The risk of winching 'committed' has been managed quite successfully for many years in the mil and, to my knowledge, we haven't had a single incident cause by engine failure in that condition (ignoring OTG trips when drum winching).