Originally Posted by
spindrier7
Not sure I completely agree. One thing we are and have always been short of is ‘quality’ medium lift ie Chinook. Reducing platform numbers does not really help this problem. Just ends up being less with less and the same high demand. Rather than concentrate on numbers, define the requirement; then judge what you can do with what is left and make this the policy....
Having a large fleet doesn’t necessarily translate into front line numbers. I doubt whether we field more than a dozen or so at any one time. We might just about be able to double that in an emergency....but not for very long.