Are the pilots being retrained to fly planks, or are they being moved to other pastures for 18 months?
I would imagine finding pilots with dual licences hard to find?
A couple of points on this (IMHO):
1 They dont seem to be able to keep or recruit pilots at the moment due to T and Cs let alone dual license holders
2 I doubt if they could aford to keep pilots dual rated
3 They do not have the infrastructure to run a fixed wing and rotary CAT operation