Not only that Odious could not be bothered to send a Chinook up there either
The phrase "operational not decorational" could not be more apt; I can assure you that the SH force has been very busy as of late and whilst you may not have seen them at Leuchars this weekend the people of Salisbury Plain would have been well and truly sick of the sound of Chinooks and Merlins last weekend and a number of people from both forces were also enjoying the delights of the Plain on the bank holiday. They've also been supporting exercises overseas (and flying the weekends when our FJ brethren refused to)!
The downside of being able to land on a football pitch is that we get called on to support a large number of smaller airshows, village fetes etc around the south of the UK where the rotary wing presence is felt more and they quite simply cant get bigger aircraft on the ground. It's good for the locals and the image of the RAF but is a drain on crews (more so engineers).
Yes, well and truly a bite but just because you don't see aircraft at Leuchars dont rudely assume that it was because they "could not be bothered" to send aircraft up.