Originally Posted by
casper64
Nah, they are Brothers in arms.... its the government that shot down the Tiger.... 😉
Well, al long long time since I was with the forces - but I doubt, that things have changed there since then.
As long as you keep only few spares and need to order from the industry when you need extra parts, its no wonder, that the readiness is down....
I remember when we went to BOST at least one Lynx was loaded with booze and cigarettes and departed to Portland to to some exchange......
You just don't get far, if you only take three seals for generators with you - which you have to dump after use. Some swapping between helicopters to find a fault and you're lucky to get one airborne....
Same at the base, instead of ordering spares in time for the helicopters, the ones in maintenance get cannibalised to keep the others flying - making it hard to get them out of maintenance in time....