The Flag Officer who thinks that all SAR crews do is sit on their asses clearly has his head up his own.
The amount of time you spend on Pprune makes me wonder. Still - if you only work 6 days per month then I suppose it is no surprise.
Geoffers - you are trying to reason with someone who has spent his working life in the RAF. You and I and anyone else who has left the miltary to work as a civilian know how insulated we were from lifes realities. I have learned more about survival as a civilian than I ever did on my CSRO course - and much more about flying come to that.