Sevarg - what I find rather laughable, and somewhat sad, is that a 'SAR' contract is fulfilled to provide cover for the O and G cover in the FI but only during daylight hours. If a last light rig transport aircraft goes down, who will they call to perform the SAR? Oh yes the military. How is that fulfilling a contract? Talk about minimum capability.
It's simple really - commercial pressures trump operational effectiveness. Like the opposite of the military (in simple terms).
absolutely and the whole reason the privatisation is a bad thing.