arandcee. I think all that would change if it is civilianised would be that you will have a new helicopter painted in a different colour with Coastguard written on it. The standard of service will not change regardless of whether the military retain it or it is civilianised. It will on the whole be the same people doing the job but with a different colour flight suit on. If you are lucky enough to get an S92 then you will have IMHO the best SAR aircraft around, yes the range will be an issue. However that problem could be easily sorted and probably will be on the MK2. Its long range tank is not the best in the world as it takes up to much room in the back, it needs to be thought about designed and built with SAR in mind. Forgot about the downwash, its a problem but think they are managing to work through it.