I see nothing has changed, the issues have been going on since early 2010 when Brigadier G sacked four Agusta instructors in a row as they would not bow to his wishes. Since this time the AW139 SAR has struggled to get off the ground (pardon the pun), the EMS project has struggled with suitably qualified crew, the Utility has done only a few hours burning holes in the sky and many of the instructors have a dubious abilities. I know that he was pinning his salvation on his preferred instructor, who I know and have flown with him. He is an excellent instructor albeit not a good manager and to be fair he can not perform miracles, especially when aircraft serviceability is woefully poor and Brigadier G meddles with a very long screwdriver. It is time for a quantum change here to achieve the progress needed to achieve the aims of the project. Though, with the numbers wishing to move on and the bad press the project has received it would be difficult to recruit qualified front end crew, instructors and engineers to make this project work. There is an excellent Qatari officer qualified to lead the project waiting in the wings, hopefully the powers at the top will make the decision to diplomatically make some changes, but I would not hold your breath on this, or you may turn this colour
