...although the main problem with the RAF Sea King OCU is lack of staff, even more acute than airframe issues.
One potential ray of sunshine amid this mess may be the reopening of the SAR pipeline for ab initios - with SAR-H delayed (if not scrapped) then the mil SAR flts will need to keep going for that little bit longer, and a few SAR slots would ease the pain for some of those stuck in the system after leaving Shawbury. Not that anyone wants to be a SARBoy W**ker these days, of course, but surely any flying is better than none?