So is this really going to be the future of UK SAR? A contractor with dodgy funding who first puts aircraft not fit for the job into service and pretends everything is OK - then when the money gets tight starts to screw the professionals at the coal face by changing terms and conditions without negotiation, asking for more work for the same money and pushing the boys and girls towards industrial action.
In the Military this would be considered a Flight Safety hazard and certainly not conducive to providing a top quality, well motivated SAR force of the future.
I have no idea if Air Knight would be any better but so far CHC seem to be demonstrating all the reasons why I have had such deep misgivings about the whole SARH process
I understand the desire to civilianise SAR but if it has to be so, it should be a 'not for profit' organisation so that the bottom line doesn't keep compromising the front-line.