Dear oh dear TOTD, your teddy must be tired of being thrown out of the cot - no, I haven't instructed at DHFS but I have instructed at Shawbury (2 Sqn and CFS(H)), Valley, Wattisham, Middle Wallop and Chivenor since 1989 and been an A2 since 1991 on several different types so I think I am entitled to an opinion about MFTS - just remind me where you have instructed and for how long and at what level before you start throwing insults around.
So I was correct, there isn't a syllabus yet for the Shawbury courses with only a month and a half to go............
As for Bristow - yes it was exactly the financial side I was concerned about because it drives everything else - for example the dilution of SAR experience when you have to absorb senior crews from the offshore side and the huge cost of training people on 139 and then re-training onto 189 (which still isn't complete btw).