I can't believe that we spend so much money ( maybe not in your eyes ) on a helicopter that sits on the tarmac for 20hrs a day
Because in the remaining 4 hours of that day it isn't!
I don't know the real figures, but lets say the force has 1200hrs pa.
1200 / 4 = 300 days
65 days down for schedules servicing, unscheduled servicing, weather etc seems fair.
A flying rate of 4hrs a day doesn't seem to bad!
If the annual hours were increased, it would cost more....simple.
What do you want?