Not a Boffin said:
However, one might have thought that sufficiently qualified crews would be tagged for that high-profile deployment - it's not like it suddenly popped up demanding bodies unexpectedly - in which case pre-deployment planning should have included a deck qual phase in all weathers up to the limits allowed in BR766 and the AP and if that got scrubbed, then a plan B put in place, prior to trying to deploy cabs/crews to theatre.
You make a fair point sir. If the Chinook Force had the time and capacity to conduct an appropriate work up for Cougar 12, and yet failed to do so, then that would be disappointing. I for one will never know if that was the case, or whether there was another reason for their
reported failure to embark.
Sun.