im sure given the same training, an ex paramedic could do the job as well as any loadmaster or whoever else you dangle off a wire.
That's just the point - he was given all the training (and more) and still couldn't make the grade because he was a paramedic first and aircrew second - it needs to be the other way round as CHC have now proved to their own satisfaction.
Very nice of you to be so demeaning of those in the RAF but the fact is that to get to the front line you have to pass a lot of tests and selection processes and undergo a great deal of training - strangely enough we don't get many idiots on operational Squadrons.