Originally Posted by
Koalatiger
Why dont the gov buy the choppers and then outsource the operation and crew it with a mix of experienced civil crews and IAC :-)
On a humorous note
Laying aside , there be a nightmare as Donner rightly says.
I am of the adage ‚if it ain’t broke don’t fix it‘ but here’s the thing what is a near perfect solution.
Also interesting Crab‘s observation of Mother Rucker, I heard from the Heeresflieger (or was it Luftwaffe?)Huey pilots at Yeovilton Air Day 07 about some of the Mother Rucker Bundeswehr graduates who needed more tutoring when they returned to Germany. In short concerns about the Level of tutoring the students receive in Alabama. Met a CH-53GA/GS Luftwaffe crew at Austrian Helidays 2016 and the Aircraft Commander was wearing US Army aviator wings as he himself was one of the cadre of Heeresflieger who transferred few years earlier when Major changes took place with airframes being divested between the Heeresflieger and Luftwaffe.
cheers