How is the IPT planning to physically intergrate mil & civ crews?
Will they be co-located and fly as mixed crews or will there be a couple of all mil crewed bases?
I ask because if the plan is to mix up which I imagine operationally is the best option for 'harmonisation' how will the small number of mil aircrew at each base be career managed?
As I understand it the mil guys will not be permanent SAR but moved from battlefield helos for a couple of years at a time. Therefore they will arrive as the new boy or girl with limited or no SAR experience at a predominantly civ base where no doubt many of the civ crew will have been for a number of years. How can the mil guys expect to ever reach captain status in that environment and timescale? Also who will be writing their career reports??