>However passengers are never trained. That depends on the aircraft type though. Helicopter passengers that are traveling over large bodies of water (e.g. offs

>However passengers are never trained. That depends on the aircraft type though. Helicopter passengers that are traveling over large bodies of water (e.g. offshore platform workers) are usually required to go through emergency training. In many jurisdictions that includes escaping a sinking helicopter in a (physical) simulator, and that's a rather unpleasant procedure, to put it mildly.