UK SAR Harmonisation

[Lost at Sea]

Originally Posted by HAL9000

Perhaps Lost at Sea could provide a breakdown of the composition of the SAR-H IPT so that we can see whether his accusations carry any weight.

Well I’m going on information by the SAR God himself…. Crab!

He said in Feb 2006..

Originally Posted by [email protected]

I hope that the CHC provision of SAR will be far better than Bristows, and if so could well be due to the amount of involvement the RAF had in the process.
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=196958&page=15

He later adds....

Originally Posted by [email protected]

Wait and see if the contract under CHC really is the same as Bristow - I don't believe so, thanks to the involvement of the MoD the service provided will be superior whoever crews it.
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=196958&page=17

So I take it from that that the RAF/MOD did have a significant amount of influence in the decision. (Unless of course....Crab was talking out of his backside!!! )

Although now things aren’t going quite so well he and others seem to be distancing themselves from this and now CHC are the evil civilian SAR operators!

And in March 2008 he sarcastically remarks....

Surely not - the super-duper all singing and dancing SAR helicopter with less capability than the old one - so much for a seamless transition then
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...=308111&page=9

Which leads to a rather prophetic posting from Night Watchman about Crab…

Originally Posted by Night Watchman

PS Note for your (crab’s) diary - Jul 07 I must stop hating Bristow and start hating CHC. They're all civilians doing SAR and not as perfect as me.
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=196958&page=15

Now the interesting thing is that if the service CHC was providing was excellent would Crab and his chums be taking credit for it???? We’ll never know!