It's an "A" model behaving like all "A" models do.
To make a statement like "what a piece of crap," is uninformed. The Cormorant already has accomplished many successful rescue missions that could not have been done in the past, including the farthest offshore rescue anywhere, ever.
It's going to take some time to work the bugs out, and the military beingthe military, it might take that much longer than many of us would like to see.
RH