'The training and selection process to get a paramedic would need to be the equivalent of what we do now because the product cannot afford to be any less capable.'......
Who says it isn't better??! Are you aware that there are Paramedics out there who actually have more time served on fishing boats, fire services, lifeboats, mountain rescue teams etc etc than even you can imagine!! Get a grip fella.....
'do you want to take a CPL with R22 time and put him in as a SAR captain?'........
Who does this? Of course that is not how it works! Anyway what company in their right mind would ever let an ex R22 CPL become a SAR Captain at any point!!??
Where would we be in the world if one organisation thought their way was the only way! Bloody hell 'the earth is flat'!!
My point was / is .......'Look outside your box' and see what is actually happening in the world of Coast Guard SAR.