Return to service.
I enjoyed flying the EC225. I hope I'm never asked to fly one^again.
I've seen nothing to suggest Airbus knows why* the failures that saw the rotor system detach, occurred. How can they seriously claim to have mitigated the risk of another rotor detachment causing the death of all on board?
^ or an AS332L2 with the same failure history.
* My understanding- they know what failed, not why.
V the S92
I'm amazed the payload/range debate is not settled.
I'm unfamiliar with the S92, but used to fly an EC225 on a contract which also had S92s. On occasions, we couldn't carry the required payload, and the S92 could. Some conditions must favour one machine. From memory, it was the high ambient temp that was a major factor in the S92s advantage in that relatively long range OS operation.