... With the risk of actually getting the thread back on track are there any thoughts on the new basing solution?
OK, llamaman, here are the thoughts that I shared with someone by email earlier.
"Bristow's choice of bases, including a training centre for Agusta Westland AW189 at Inverness, is good for Inverness and very good for Highland mountain rescue. A training centre for Sikorsky S-92 will be located at Stornoway, so all SAR training will be in the Highlands and Islands. However, I and others, with our sea boots on rather than our hill boots, see trouble ahead for North Sea response when the next nearest east coast base to Inverness is Humberside Airport."