I'm not sure that the vast, highly structured sausage machine that is Rucker will produce what you want or need in the IAC, especially when it comes to SAR potential.
You want pilots who think for themselves and can manage weather, not automatons who can talk a good flight.
Hence the operational phase being done in Bal I suppose! Being familiar with our lovely weather is definitely a requirement for SAR or any of the other roles, all my more interesting moments were wx related, and always unforecast.