I hear things from the engineers/mechanics at the Danish Air Force... Due to years of cutbacks and an unfortunate work culture of "let's get a cup of coffee before we pick up the spanner", as well as an impeccable job security, the guys and girls at the engineer teams are in no rush to fix the aircraft. Scheduling of aircraft repairs are stupidly inflexible, nobody works outside their own team/dock despite e.g. that the neigbour dock has heaps of things to do and your own just needs an oil change.
This, combined with a spare parts shortage for especially the EH101, tends to leave the helicopters on the ground waiting for even routine checks.
Perhaps someone from the Danish Air Force can comment/confirm/deny?
