I blame the MCA. How many times have we seen a tasking successfully co-ordinated by the Coastguard being followed by some bloke from "RAF Kinloss" on the telly taking all the credit for it. The MCA just sit back and allow the RAF to trample all over them. Mind you the MCA
PR department only seems to focus on the south coast and generally fails to properly inform the media so you could easily mistake the Coastguard for being a English Channel Patrol Group!