If whoever it was, was correct in saying that Ireland could have got eight aircraft for the price of two.........
There is another item in this equasion ... the pilot.
Aircraft are VERY cheap - whether its a $25 OH58 or a £3.5M MD900.
What costs is the crew.... whether its one or two .... who can afford to put crews into EIGHT Robbos? That is before you pay for the maintainer..... they are still human and they cost more than the spares they fit.