Speaking impartially and without prejudice; I sincerely hope that bodging aircraft designed to be land based into a 'marinised' fleet in austere times does not conclude with an aircraft unfit for purpose that is dangerous. A job well done is never done without cost, and cost cutting usually costs lives.
Not said to provoke willy waving and in ignorance of the differances between the present grey fleet Merlin and the SH variant. Aware though that the transition could be a step too far. Is Joint Force Merlin still an option? If not, we may as well chin the JHC concept and put RAF SH back under command of AIR.