Just as a point of interest, all of the coastguards fixed wing assetts had there HF comms removed and sold off some years ago. There was no replacement in terms of sat comms.
I rather feel that some people at the MCA are going to get there collars felt by either the NAO ( ie; 'wheres the money going?') or the EU ('are you actively trying to get people killed?') in the not too distant future.
