Come to think of it, why do RAF SAR need procedural IR's (even one's which aren't recognised by EASA!)?
Are ther any SAR missions requiring recovery to hospitals via airways and holds?
The amount of credence they attach to their Procedural tickets is disturbing if they don't get used in anger.
Surely it isn't a pre-requisite for the job, because the RN don't use them and have never found the need to introuduce them over the decades of doing SAR.
Anyone?