Apart from the inevitable smattering of bickering , this has been quite a good thread!
In order to reassure the cynics, mostly military I suspect, could those who favour SAR-H (H=Helicopter by the way not Harmonization) please give a short list of previous PFI programmes that have been successful. By successful I mean remotely close to being on budget, on time and delivering the required capability. Please do not quote Government sources, they tend to be a little biased.
Once we have the list, we can look forward to a wonderful new UK SAR service. If no examples are forthcoming, could the SAR-H fans elaborate on what they base their unbounded optimism on.
HAL