Thing is though, as far as this thread is concerned, for the Norwegian Air Ambulance in the initial post...there wasn't a better way!
I would have added 'IMHO', however of all the pprune -ers here and the countless others that had a looksie, only 2 have slated the crews actions, one of whom would have sacked the pilot. But hey, let's not stop the minority having the loudest voice!