You've had since 1971 to discuss whether private contractors are the right way forward for UK SAR helicopter services.
Now it is a done deal, you guys, and others elsewhere, are still banging on about yesterday's issues.
Surely today's issues for those in the helicopter industry who want a good SAR service in the UK are using your specialist knowledge to assess the manner in which the contract is being implemented.
Discussing that assessment in forums like this and passing that assessment to your elected representative seem to me to be useful and valid.
- Was £1.6bn a credible bid?
- Why were Bristow 4 months behind the curve on the AW189 order?
- Have Bristow done enough to harvest the skills of current military rear-crew?
- Do the performance requirements of CAP 999 (Aug 2014) provide civil aviation flyers with the regulatory tools to provide a service that is fully equivalent to current military helicopter SAR?
- If AW189 is not ready, which rumour is correct for the 'Plan B': S-92 or AW139?
- Is the MCA ready for management of a contract where 70% or more of jobs are Land SAR which is outside their skill set?
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