Crab -
You can train 4hrs per 24 hour shift if you wish to/are able to on an MCA aircraft contract delivered by CHC or Bristow (whoever wins this contract or the next).
Maybe you bit a little too quickly there. It was a baited hook with your name on it.
I think believing 6 contractors will end up involved is just a little daft and very far fetched. I know it could happen but it almost certainly won't.
Wednesday next week will show who's in for the next contract (Long/SAR-UK?), and I'm sure, as for GAP, the bidders will be whittled down as the bids are closely inspected to leave the usual suspects with perhaps one more for interest and the sake of fairness.