During our AMATS research we found out that due to lots of position reports being missed due to radio and other problems that it was more likely a search would not start until planned fuel was exhausted.
And you were surprised by this? I am constantly astounded by how little you as a self-professed expert on why the system was so bad actually know about it.
You bag it and slag it, but have so little knowledge about it I actually doubt anything you say about the safe and proven system you profess to admire. Perhaps everything you say about that will turn out to be B/S too?