So the guy made a mistake, its not as if we are all perfect, trust me I learnt that a long time ago.
Isnt the key thing here that he is alive, the helicopter lives to fly another day and they were rescued. So what if some pratt gets his kilt out of joint because they had to use five a/c for a search instead of one. Isnt that what the SAR people are paid for.
Plain and simple, again he made a mistake. **** Happens.
Autorotate.