Crab is right here. But I go back to a previous point. To what level can the bar be lowered to and still give Joe public et al an acceptable service?
FLIR is a fantastic search device (and the RN
still haven't got it!) but check the stats, it's nice to have but not essential, compared to how many jobs need NVG (handy for recording those
PR moments though!). Give me the latest gen gog's instead, CAPSAT, decent trauma kit. There's lots of stuff that sits above FLIR in real-world utility.