Thats very true but you have to justify that to the bean counters. Why do Mil SAR have to practice Low flying when the Civ SAR don't. Why do MIL SAR have to practice NVG when the Civ SAR don't? those are the questions the treasury are asking.
Toddbabe. The point the previous poster was trying to make was that in the civvy world they Cleaning, refuelling, ground handling, fixing, marshalling etc is done by one bloke. Whereas at Culdrose those jobs are done by lots of blokes.