PNVS, perhaps ive misunderstood your post, but it seems to say that worries over the AH64 maintenance program is a red herring as it is all sorted and the REME can cope with anything flying.
Forgive me for asking what experience the redoubtable REME has in maintaining aircraft of the complexity of Tornado or worse (which even the crabs struggle with, 20 yrs later) when its most complex task to date is the relatively simple Lynx.
I think this notion that REME could maintain anything given a course or two is a dream, with no experience or background in this level of complexity no one can realistically do a thorough job, I agree with Purple Pilot, black box changers is the future.
A few courses do not an expert make.
Sorry.