The Cabri is a French helicopter. French helicopter rotors turn clockwise. And as such, that makes the Cabri the ideal an-initio platform for pilots progressing onto other helicopters in the Eurocopter/Airbus 'stable'.
Point taken, but that feature comes at a high price in the crash statistics.
I probably would have picked the G2 over the R22.
In rare occasions obesity is your friend: No R22 whould get airborne with my then FI and me in the cockpit.
So I picked a school operating S300C (2.5 seater
) and did not regret it ever since.
Not sure how well a G2 would have handled 460 lbs in the cockpit, the S300C did HOGE even when gassed up to 49gals.