"Lives will be lost. We have already lost four very brave people." This shows the ignorance of the whole effort. R116 crashed due to the outgoing operators poor procedures, lack of oversight by the IAA, whom he wants to micro manage this, and overall crew error and demonstrably poor training and attitudes. Beggars belief.
"If a helicopter was grounded for a reason and if the Air Corps was available, they could take that over." Is this guy for real? The IAC were removed from all SAR in Ireland for a good reason. Let us not forget them cooking the 61 loaned to them and smashing the tailwheel of the spare cab.