Yes granted I may have caught some of George's affliction, time will tell how bad this gets.
With the winching I absolutley concur that the military are the experts in all the areas of winching and any Police/HEMS operator will learn alot from how Mil SAR go about their business. A Police/HEMS operator could use winching effectively regardless of whether the rear crew have had an military experience after completing a basic course with continuation training and robust SOPs, I'm sure not all SAR crewmen start off with hundreds of winches in their logbooks, to have a capability if required, and thats at the centre of what I'm saying, its the ability of a Police/HEMS unit to carry out winching when one of the few coastal SAR units is tied up. It has been shown that its better to have a capability and not use it then to be left looking on helplessly because the closest aircraft with a winch is unavailable.