gulliBell,
your username already sounds with an orientation to a certain helicopter company!!!
This acquisition was another one ruins gmobally speaking by the department of Defence considering the specific added requirements and burden added post contact. Furthermore some individuals were not in favour of the choice and did everything possible to delay the operational capability eg: how to explain night flight was not granted while at the same time Tiger was deeply engaged in Afghanistan by the French mainly at night with a lot of success? same thing for flying over water while the operation in Lybia was done from platform assault...