I don't think anyone is suggesting anything of the sort but checks and balances have to exist in the public domain nowadays - although we don't want to descend into the box-ticking madness that prevents the NHS from doing its job because there are so many govt pressures to achieve maximum waiting times and minimum wasted bed spaces.
One problem with the perceived capability gap is that there has been no visibility, from either side of the fence, of what the other side do or don't do other than anecdotal information passed by those who have seen both sides.
Therefore, it is easy to understand the concern that exists when the majority of UK SAR players (currently mil), who know exactly what we do and how we do it, look across to the existing (not future) civilian providers with different equipment levels (yes, including NVG and 330 radar) and wonder how, with the need to fill another 6 flights with qualified, capable and current SAR crews, it will be achieved without the managed transition.