all of the talking baggage that I know joined air support to fly
That maybe, but you eventually get fed up of people trying to send you to jobs that have no realistic chance of a result. Yes, we do turn them down, but occasionally we have to go.
And don't tell me that a negative result can be a positive result. We are talking of jobs like offenders last seen 30 minutes ago and no direction of travel, or search the city for a red van.