In '99 when the 500, 600 and 900 lines were sold off from Boeing/MD I was involved in a number of meetings with the new MD Helicopter Holdings management in which strategy was discussed.
I said at the time that their biggest risk was of becoming a one product firm and which is exactly what they have become and even that, the 900 series, will soon require modernization.
500 spares will keep them turning over but recent ownership while busy doing a lot of 'stuff' has resolved nothing in terms of securing any realistic hope for the company's future.
The killer, really, was carving up the company and from which I just dont expect MDH to ultimately survive. Would love to be wrong though!
HM