Not since WW2 will the UK have had such an 'Air gap' on the North Atlantic.
All AAR trails across the pond used to have the security of Nimrod SAR support. When multiple waves were trailed, the Nimrod would launch ahead of the first and land after the last, maximising its on-scene potential, should the worst ever happen. In later years, I understand that the Nimrod was kept at a high readiness state at Kinloss, rather than actually launching.
But now to have not even that luxury seems a totally retrograde step.
Can such an absurd decision be reversed / delayed?