Right level of spares!
Funny that both the Danes and the Portuguese are experiencing the same level of poor operational availability, but no doubt they screwed up too.
During the tender the Canadians would have received guidance on the amount of spares and engineering support required to support the fleet during a required level of OPS.
A cynic might suggest that the level of support required did not tally with the in-service experience of others in order to make the platform look more attractive during the bid process, but as you and I both know this would not have been the case in this situation.
Regarding the program, I wouldn’t bet good money that the President Elect won’t share the nations suffering and cancel tranche II in order to save a considerable amount of taxpayers’ money, but time will tell.