I'm not a helicopter man, as you know, but it seems to me that a crew flying over badlands in a shooting war, all busy performing their roles, might have better things to think about than checking a simple, but critical connector every time the egg timer goes off.
"Sorry, Captain, I've go to stop looking after the machine gun and the casualties while I go and check the MoD's mistake to make it's not going to kill us."
Don't even bother telling me who does what or even if they have a mchine gun. You know the point I'm trying to make!