Crab, it's ok to release commercial data if you then get a bollocking - that just shows the cosy world you live in. Surely, when you were given this information it may have been wise just to gossip with the SAR girls in the crewroom and not broadcast to the net?
Thanks for your offer of a visit to see the Mk3/3a wonder machine but I have seen it very recently. It is no doubt a great improvement operated by very professional crews and will probably continue to do so, but it isn't really a quantum leap over Bristow's S61s. You haven't answered my query with regards to homers and while we are at it, the capability of the Mk3 autopilot. Can you do a coupled search or full let-down? You wouldn't need four hours per day if the aircraft is as capable as the S92 will be!