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[Lost at Sea]

Crab,

So Sea King ranger isn't as you stated - it's less unless you strip it out then you can achieve the 'Crab spin' range.

The S92 beats the pants of the old Sea King in icing. Very clear on that one and it's faster and has better performance.

The equipment in the aircraft is far superior to the old Sea King.

If you can't see a practical use for the AIS then you really don't know what you're talking about. Especially when they will shortly be putting AIS transponders in to liferafts and life jackets which will give a GPS position for casualties in the water displayed in the aircraft with a geographical picture of all transponding traffic relative to that aircraft overlaid on a moving map. So it not only tells you exactly where the casualty is but you can use it to co-ordinate other vessels and SAR assets. But because you don't have that piece of equipment you dam it as of no practical use and a 'toy'. It's a lifesaver but the great Crab SAR expert can't see it because he doesn’t have it. It really makes you laugh at the amount of rubbish you speak!

You say you have a radalt with audio warnings instead of the EGPWS as if that is the equivalent of a EGPWS. So you clearly don't understand what a EGPWS is.

You'd like to have a FLIR repeater in the aircraft but it would overload the co. Well, perhaps if you hadn't such an antiquated aircraft the co wouldn't be so overloaded and could make use of that and all the other pieces of equipment that are available in the modern SAR world but not your flying museum piece.

How did Bristows show us up? They didn't even have paramedic trained winchmen until the RAF set the standard.

And the RAF didn't have FLIR for 20 years after Civy SAR set the standard and you still don't have twin hoist!