... where have all the hangers-on come from?
Clearly, the immense stupidity of the whole situation is that, after the government has stumbled about trying to get this going for a whole decade, we find ourselves approaching the time when the chief executioner of military SAR, JHC, is going to arrive back from the hot sandy places and have bu99er all to do.
(At one stage the DfT documents asked the contractor to explain how they would provide for SAR aircrew serving at CHIVENOR who wished to continue to do SAR there, or in the vicinity ... . It's therefore not surprising that Crab is interested in this question!)