3D - who will cover South Wales then? 50% of Chivs jobs are there and that is a really long way from St Mawgan, even in a super-fast whizzy new helicopter. Then what happens if the St Mawgan aircraft is up in the Brecons and a job happens somwhere on the SW peninsula? Pretty poor response times I would suggest.
There look to be savings when basing is considered and the easy option is always to close one because it saves money - the balance sheet versus the service to the public......hmmmm probably the balance sheet will win every time.
As far as the current basing goes, it seems to work well and the only logical changes would be to move Wattisham to Manston or thereabouts and close Portland - (daytime only SAR...how quaint)
