I find this whole issue of increasing regulation/restrictions in aviation very frustrating.
Professional pilots (in whatever role) are paid to make decisions relating to the operation of their aircraft. Those decisions are based on a risk assessment (nothing formal, but just done in the head) and are influenced by many factors (aircraft type, performance, weather, the "need" etc). Police/EMS and in particular SAR are operations which present an infinite variety of scenarios. You cannot regulate them without compromising capability. Why can't the regulators respect these professional pilots and trust them to make decisions. More regulation will turn pilots into robots (or airline pilots!!!
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