To go to the first entry in this item, I think it is 7 captains in BHL ABZ/SCS who have gone either through retirement or on to fixed wing. Still been no promotions for the senior captains and other captains back from oveseas who are presently flying as co-pilots though!! Although there has been a recent command made at Norwich much to many's disgust (not the person, but the fact that the company evidently went against an agreement made with Balpa over a command wait list, or so I hear)
Rumour abounds that there will be a course starting in the summer for ab-initio pilots with BHL. As with the rumour of the Skoda (sorry Scotia) course, there are evidently already people nominated.
Lack of aircraft will certainly be a problem if there is a large increase in work if only for the fact that a Super Puma has just gone to Brazil and a S-61 (or possibly 2) are off to the US soon.