Findo
When the oil support helis (Of which there are a fair few) are in radar cover, they generally receive a RAS (in so many words) in the northern and southern north sea. These new 'danger'? areas will be active at various levels, from the surface to nosebleed. The helis will have to fly, as without them the UK offshore oil industry would grind to a halt, and we're going to have to do the best we can, military traffic permitting. I am less than keen on giving services in danger areas, the pilots are less than keen on not getting a service in a danger area, so, when the fighters are on the deck, the helis are going to be in the doo doo
It'll be, erm, interesting. Eurofighter 500 kts, S76 145 kts. Avoiding action means that you've still got the heli in the same place, just pointing another direction.... - The SNS is already like this to a certain extent, but the NNS will be getting a real shock.
Also there's one less pair of eyes per airprox with a single seater.
