Not all crews are straight out of the RAF/RN.
Satsuma,
not all the SAR crew are coming straight from the military as you know. There are still a large number of crew who are 'ex' sar whether it be RAF/RN/CG who are waiting to go back into what they have known for many years.
I agree that the undertaking for Bristow is huge and we all must expect that due to the size of this operation there will be issues that will come and go. Can you tell me of a company that could do this without hiccup, and please do not say the RAF. There is no way the crabs could bring a new machine into service until it's out of date!