Starts at Lee-on-Solent on 1st April 2017. That will be followed by Prestwick, the Bristow 139 bases and finally Inverness in around spring or summer 2018.
At that point, the DfT and Bristow barely have time to draw breath before preparation begins for the NEXT CONTRACT!
Work-up starts soon. Aircraft may be available for partner organisations to sniff around during the work-up period of the next few months.
Thousands of SAR partner practitioners around the UK currently have no idea that people make helicopters that you cannot stand up in
so I am expecting that the bu11sh1t level will initially be be quite considerable.
