B_PLT - OCEA found it quite hard work to embark, train and integrate the Apache. Ship's Air and AE Dept are working hand in hand with the REME LAD to keep it going, but it is not an ideal situation, and some fairly hefty changes would have to take place if it were to become an enduring task (i.e. continual re-embarkations).
AAC (all of them from CO downwards) are carrying out Sea Survival training to make them safe to go to sea, adding to the training burden of the Squadrons.
So what of all of this? Like any squadron embarking, there is faff and hard work required by all concerned to make it happen, but crucially the Air and AE Department (all WAFUs) have been the key enablers. Remove that provision and the game stops. If you want RAF or AAC chaps embarking OCEA or QE for 2 years at a time to be F or Wings knock yourself out, otherwise I would suggest that there is a defined requirement for WAFUs to keep current on the type of operations OCEA or QE would be called upon to do.