I regularly hear of 300s AOG awaiting spares for months. There seems no willingness by Hughes, or is it Schweizer, or is it Sikorsky, or is it Lockheed Martin, to actually produce some spares. And then they have you over a barrel on the costs.
Any reason you have omitted mention of Guimbal or Enstrom? There are no Guimbals (yet) in Canada, so perhaps that one is explained