Good question YBB
At the end of the day its gonna be your call as PIC. For me personally there's no way I'm gonna be filming people die if I am in a position to perform a successful rescue even if it meant I wouldn't have a job when I got back to base! I'd rather keep a family intact than stay with a firm who wants to follow the rule book or play pessimism but that's just me.
What I can say from past experience is that carrying-out spontaneous rescue missions in a non-rescue equipped ship can be a real challenge chief among which (for me) is usually the lack of an experienced crewmen.
With a crewmen who knows the bird I can devote more time to scanning the surrounding environment and not worry about the embarkation process which, if mis-managed, could quickly turn south.
It will always be a decision you'll have to make there and then based on your specific circumstances. Not a pursuit that I would recommend for freshmen or newbies though.
HM