SitRep
As someone who is only an occasional visitor to this thread, my reading of the last few pages suggests the preparations for the imminent SAR contract are running smoothly apart from the following minor points:
1. The AW189 will be late and the crews originally scheduled to fly them are hastily being retrained on the S-92.
2. When the AW189 is certificated, the temporary S-92 crews will be retrained on the AW189.
3. One of the original proposed bases (Manston) is now unavailable and an alternative has yet to be found.
4. The SAR Training Manager has yet to be nominated.
Is that a fair assessment of the ground truth?