CRab said; "...we certainly don't try to take credit for jobs we don't do."
Now that is a porky. I went up to the ARCC at Kinloss last year and learnt something that shocked me.
Every time MRCC (not MRSC) Portland launches WB/IJ to a local dive job (without having to ask anyone for pemission), we tell the ARCC when we get round to it later in the day and they stick another pin in their map and tick off another job they have co-ordinated. Totally fraudulent.
I am looking forward to when the ARCC becomes part of the MCA and moves to Southampton in 2012.
Secondly, every morning MRCC Portland calls the ARCC to ask what aircraft are available at Chivenor and Culdrose. So there are people who see both sides of the picture and have a snapshot of the difference between Bristow, navy and crab availability/maintenance