One thing that seems unclear about all this is just how out of the picture the military will be.
OK the Sea Kings are going but the RAF and Navy are not actually shutting up shop are they? They still fly the Merlin, Puma and Lynx for a start.
There will be lmited resources out there quite capable of stepping in to undertake a periphery role in SAR and there may still be a need for the military to have a need for rescuing their own pilots outside of UK airspace and SAR UK grew from their need to train up to do that operational role.....