I wasn't going to get drawn in on this one but what the hell! All of the Bond crews are volunteers and they knew that they would be working on a BP contract that wouldn't provide job after SAR job. The proof will be in the eating as to how many move to CHC or elsewhere and this will give a true reflection as to the power of the green.
Your pilot friend may well be correct as to his tally but I didn't think that there was a scoreboard; if there was, and you take into account that there is no overland tasking required of the contract, the "score" at the end of the year may well be quite respectable - but anyway who cares