I beleive he's refering to the stabilizer saving him while he's learning to fly. My AP2000i save my Intrepid gasser from my dumb thumbs yesterday. The combination of sun and tree contributed to my near disaster. Easily corrected by letting go of the cyclic and adding collective to get back into view.

Now would I say it can teach a noob to fly. Probably not. You would have to have a compitent pilot set up a stabilizer for you to make sure it is trimmed properly. I have landed it under collective control only but I'm ready to take the control should the stabilizer be 'seeing' something that makes it drift a bit. Personally, I'd view the stabilizer as backup rather than a teaching tool. Of course, learning to hover is critical.