The winch went fast and was just one lift -
cause everything was prepared - watch the whole clip, he droped the team off, went off and came back to collect team and casulty
yes, but for the drop off, the time wasn't so important so he could have winched them down.
Then when it came to the recovery it would have only been two lifts instead of one - still pretty quick and hardly slower than having to do the nose-in landing and then winch the casualty (who would still have been already prepared).
As we keep saying, the flying was very competent - it is just the decision making and risk vs reward balance that is being debated.
Cornish Jack - Mountain SAR or Cornish coastal SAR? Just asking due to your handle.