Maroon Man I agree with your plan however with 1 modification at the same time the Sea King fleet is run down an order is placed for its replacement not some future Jam tomorrow project but an immediate order for 1 for 1 replacement of the Sea King HC4. As the scrapping of CHF would be seen by many as a move to chop the FAA.
I have to say the 1 CH47=3 Sea King HC4 analogy is a bit dangerous as 1 Chinook can only be in 1 place at a time where as 3 Sea Kings can be in 3 seperate places at once!