On 27/03/2013 00:32, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Nightjar wrote:
On 26/03/2013 23:42, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Nightjar wrote:
On 26/03/2013 16:47, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Nightjar wrote:
HM Coastguard runs the ones around here and AIUI, they will oversee the
new service in much the same way. Personally, in times when the
Services' budget is being cut, I would rather see what money there is
going to equip the troops on the front lines.

As I understood it, they were paid to provide the service.

The problem is that, if they were to continue to do it, they would need
to replace their ageing fleet of helicopters and SAR helicopters are
fairly specialised bits of kit.

And a private contractor gets these for free?


They don't come out of the defence budget at the expense of other things
the Armed Forces need.

Ah - the nonsense of one government body saving money by spending more tax
payer's hard earned in a different way.

Nothing to do with whether there is an overall saving or not so far as I
am concerned. I am only interested in whether what money there is in the
military budget gets spent in a way that best helps the front line troops.

Colin Bignell