Vie, look at the bigger picture..... Much more experience in the applicable role!
RotorRPM
Of the 7000 people that the newly-formed Avincis rescued in one year, are you able to let us know how many were rescued by a dedicated national SAR helicopter using a winch and how many were HEMS or Air Ambulance tasks?
Bond have some experienced SAR operators on their payroll who are no doubt playing a part in developing their operation from one that had something of a shaky start in the North Sea into one that is now proving itself in complex rescues and may well, it appears, have a significant role to play in the future of UK Search and Rescue. However, geographically they're on the periphery at the moment and are therefore not the first port of call for daily SAR tasks around the UK. To suggest that the operation has more experience in the applicable role is something of a departure from reality when it is the RAF, RN, CHC and Bristows who have been providing frontline SAR cover for the UK for the last twenty-five plus years.