pretty horific what you are saying VF. I can see how they can work around jar-ops by calling it government work, but still.....
In Holland the military are obeying to a military version of jar-ops. Why? Because the people who thought of writing the jar-ops had really good reasons for it (safety for 1 of the primary reasons).
One can only hope that the crews who fly on the SASEMAR contract have sh*t lot's of xperience to fall back on to. 90 hours a year is by far not enough to build xperience in a demanding role as SAR!
regards ND