Interesting comments on here regarding possibly relocating some SAR-H assets to other bases. Newquay instead of Culdrose springs to mind, the latter for instance already has the Cornwall Air Ambulance and maintenance facilities for BIH plus their S-61s are going to operate out of NQY at least temporarily from next summer.
When Rescue 193 for instance is tasked in the wee small hours from CU, what typically is involved in terms of manpower apart of course from the flight crew? Would it typically be much less from a civvie provider? Naive questions, no doubt but I'm interested. The SAR crews at Culdrose and at Chivenor are held in the highest regard by the civvie population in the two Counties and I wish all concerned the very best in the changes which still lie some time ahead.