Let's look at two companies introducing AW189 SAR.
Company A
Nearly a couple of thousand employees. SAR at ten operational locations using up to 22 aircraft and planning for 11 of this type. SAR management have experience in the training sector or with fixed wing aircraft.
Company B
Nearly a couple of hundred employees. SAR at one operational location using two aircraft. SAR management have a 24-carat rotorcraft background including SAR.
Which company do you think is best placed to respond to a challenging procurement and development programme with a new type of SAR rotorcraft? (Especially if somebody has already shown them how not to do it.)