Crab,
Two things you seem to always mention....
Civvies take longer on the job than the RAF.
What kind of training do the Civvies do for .......name any task in discussion.
If the Civvie aircraft is on site and the Civvie Rescue craft are on site and the Civvie Scene Commander is comfortable with the situation.....that being all hands accounted for and SAR units in physical contact with all the victims then why the Out of Joint noses?
If the search was on-going....the victims had not been found....RAF/RN SAR units were being introduced into the search then perhaps the RAF Nimrod would be the better choice.
Was that the case here?