The average member of the British public will neither understand or want any of the many requirements stated on Prune for MPA on this thread, and I dare say the average cabinet minister would either.
We are an island nation and trade and migrate accordingly over the oceans.
To that end in the future we will simply purchase an aircraft that is or has the following:
Reliable and reasonably modern and commercially viable, like what good airlines buy.
Long or very long range from a UK runway.
Has radar and other modern aids to locate people unfortunate enough to be in and at the mercy of the seas.
Be able to communicate and therefore steer other rescuers to the scene.
Possibly drop aid to people in the water.
And fly back to the UK again without crashing, or running out of fuel and crashing.
Seriously, that's about it. Its fag packet stuff. If we cant, and lets face it, we cant, organise even this, then we should give up, which we have.
But in the future, cleverer and better British generations will work this out and simply do it, but I fear I will take a catastrophe to force them to it. Now please....end this thread.
