Where are the engineers and pilots for more helicopters going to come from? At the moment helicopter engineers are like hens teeth. If I could clone myself I would be a millionaire by year end. I see no rush from civil engineers who are mostly ex military rushing back to the service to get Blairs nuts out of the vice.
There are usable aircraft out their but the MOD hasn't a clue how to make best use of the funding. The example of the £60 million spent to buy 6 second hand S.A.F Pumas being a fine example, the going price on the market for a 330 Puma has been under a million, so how did the MOD spent 60!!!!!!!!!!!!! Even allowing for modifications its nonsense.