429 - If it had the MGW Increase  

Just my take as a wrench, I maintained Bell, Airbus, Sikorsky, and Leonardo. I sum it up like this:

Airbus: over engineered and somewhat-  plastic like (135 needs fortifying in a lot of ways) The control over the aftermarket tooling is greater than Bell, and tools can be more complex to some degree. It appears well recieved by the market, as they dominate sales.

Bell: parts shelf built helicopters. Much of the tooling is allowed to be aftermarket and can vary greatly in quality due to lack of quality and control, thus can affect it's quality of the job done. Cheap for operators to use the 206 and 407. Bell unfortunately seems to be slipping out of the market and known as the economy option. Overall a lack of assertiveness to make their machines top choice. One must ask, how long do you roll a model T Ford in today's travel industry?

Sikorsky: (speaking from a 76 point of view) what a built machine! But then again, these guys invented the helicopter, while the Europeans once again try to refine things. Tools tend to be controlled and offer little for aftermarkets to get ahold of (Not many aircraft on civilian market as Bell or others) In a size comparison, it's build like a tank. Ofcourse, A models were not so great.

Leonardo: An honest attempt but not quite there yet, perhaps too new to be tried and true. Tools seem to be controlled so quality is not so all over the place. It seems to have taken the place of the S-76 and it does have PT-6's, which I am a fan of. 

just me though. Everybody has their bias