Some interesting comments,
Maybe the reason that somebody has suggested that the RAF take on the armys helicopters is that they have realised that the AAC's servicability rate for it's helicopters is appalling.
How many Apache's are in storage due to lack of pilots/trainning/management/engineers/spares etc etc.
How many of the 100's of lynx are declared operational on a daily basis?
There is a fundamental difference in the way the two services opperate both with merits, but in this day and age, can we really afford to have aircraft sat about U/S while feildcraft, weapons trainning and drill take priority.
In an ideal world yes.... but that world has long since gone.