High Nr
You made the point that the Lismore guys would dearly love to move on from the 365 but the $$$ are tight. Don't you think, as I have said, the same applies to CQRESQ. I bet a EC135 would be terriffic but what community based service provider could afford that. Whilst the 365 is dated at least it meets QLD govt specs for night work and was close at hand and affordable by CQRESQ. It wont operate IFR but night VFR as per current requirements.
My reason for concern regarding the direction this thread was heading was due to the level of subjective comment and reactive comment being made which dosn't lend itself to a rational debate based on fact. I have not refered to or been personnaly critical of anyone in particular so I will leave the growing up to those disposed to monosylabic adjectives.