Are you all the same as you were 20 years ago? No, neither is SARTU. It is celebrating a significant milestone, and is justified in doing so, regardless of the petty bitterness shown by some here. Every RAF SAR pilot/crewman went through SARTU, and we have a superb SAR force - so they did something right. There were many 'face doesn't fit' staff (mostly rearcrew) - all have gone. Some are dead. Happy?
As for now - think you'll find they do change very well - look at what they're doing now - multicultural and loads of different courses.
Bitterness is painful and wasteful. It hurts all sides. What happened is done, look foward. SARTU is.