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  • #31
    Does anyone know why did the Air Corps changed from an EC135/H135 to an AW139 for EAS (I mean after the crashed EC135/H135 was rebuilt and returned)? Is it a permanent change or is it planned that they will revert to the EC135/H135 in the future?

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    • #32
      Originally posted by ias View Post
      Does anyone know why did the Air Corps changed from an EC135/H135 to an AW139 for EAS (I mean after the crashed EC135/H135 was rebuilt and returned)? Is it a permanent change or is it planned that they will revert to the EC135/H135 in the future?
      Probably because with only two EC135 the pilot training role has no redundancy if one of the airframes is monopolised by the EAS role - whereas the AW139 fleet has six airframes to burn through.

      You just have to think, from an AC perspective, about the differing priorities the different roles have: the number one role is training, so they can leave and get a better job. The second most important role is getting good PR that pays the bills for priority number one - hence the EAS role.

      Some way down the list, say at about 673, is the operational and training support for those dirty, sweaty soldiers.

      So, priority #1 is to keep both EC135's available for training, priority #2 is good PR - EAS, ballot boxes to small islands, delivering balls to sports events etc... Only after all that has been sorted do we get, reluctantly, to the really marginal stuff like moving soldiers and their gear around - but you can always bump it off the list if more important stuff comes along.
      Last edited by ropebag; 6 April 2017, 17:14.

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      • #33
        Originally posted by ropebag View Post
        Probably because with only two EC135 the pilot training role has no redundancy if one of the airframes is monopolised by the EAS role - whereas the AW139 fleet has six airframes to burn through.

        You just have to think, from an AC perspective, about the differing priorities the different roles have: the number one role is training, so they can leave and get a better job. The second most important role is getting good PR that pays the bills for priority number one - hence the EAS role.

        Some way down the list, say at about 673, is the operational and training support for those dirty, sweaty soldiers.

        So, priority #1 is to keep both EC135's available for training, priority #2 is good PR - EAS, ballot boxes to small islands, delivering balls to sports events etc... Only after all that has been sorted do we get, reluctantly, to the really marginal stuff like moving soldiers and their gear around - but you can always bump it off the list if more important stuff comes along.
        To be fair, balls to sports is fairly important on the public relations front. Whoever decided that only 2 EC135's were sufficient should be sacked.

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        • #34
          Originally posted by ibenji View Post
          To be fair, balls to sports is fairly important on the public relations front. Whoever decided that only 2 EC135's were sufficient should be sacked.
          You dont' see the Garda helicopter doing it.
          "Let us be clear about three facts. First, all battles and all wars are won in the end by the infantryman. Secondly, the infantryman always bears the brunt. His casualties are heavier, he suffers greater extremes of discomfort and fatigue than the other arms. Thirdly, the art of the infantryman is less stereotyped and far harder to acquire in modern war than that of any other arm." ------- Field Marshall Wavell, April 1945.

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