GK121,
You're making educated guesses - largely because you aren't familiar with the set-up in the UK...
Unless the new contract provides considerably greater coverage than at present, which I very much doubt, there is only one crew on duty at any one time per base!
12 bases with 1 crew each = 12 assets potentially available.
10 bases with 1 crew each = 10 assets potentially available.
2 aircraft per base is what provides you with down time for u/s aircraft.
Last edited by Biggus; 29th Mar 2013 at 21:12.