Heres a thought. This time last year a coastguard aircrew member was quite seriously injured and left unconcious during an incident, injuries, for which they are still recieving treatment. Lets consider that the only thing that has been said to this individual is within 48 hours of the incident and whilst still carrying the injuries and doing his job 'because there is no one else' the only thing that is said to that individual, is 'are you going to sue us?'
Moving on a couple of months, lets then find this individual called out at the crack of sparrows completely ill equipped to look for an overdue yacht, reported missing. Suppose then this person insists; on finding the yacht having crawled around the north sea looking for him in bad IFR wx, that he take a tow off a lifeboat before the approaching bad stuff hits him, (bearing in mind he's been missing over a day now and has no radios).
A weak later this individual finds himself being hauled over the coals because he had no right to insist. He had no right to protect himself, his aircraft and crew from this individual getting them killed looking for them some time later when the inevitable happen.
Lets now consider why to the MCA the serious injury of crew engaged on duties for the MCA is acceptable, but protecting themselves from the various idiots of the world is not.
You now have an idea of the disturbed thinking of the MCA civil servant.