Geoffers: You have hit the nail on the head - absolutely.
The public couldn't care less what goes on with this SAR contract, it probably barely registers on the richter scale for joe average. All this bickering is in house barrack room bickering about who has the biggest willy.
Now - the government AND INDUSTRY know this, which is why "close enough will do" - will......do! Whether the AW189 with extended fuel tanks and icing clearance can carry 9 pax standing upright in the back - just flew way way way over the heads of the bloke standing next to you in the pub.(pun not intended)
This is why - all one CAN hope for is that INTERNALLY, the operatives do the best they can with the equipment on hand...and safely.
It's happening to the national police air support units - does anyone here really know what is going on during nationalisation? Do they CARE?
You can sell anything to joe/joanne public as previous governments have shown...what matters is how it's managed when the wheel falls off. [And governments have a solution for this..........they move on before it falls off
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