copterhead
I think you'll struggle to achieve your goal without military SAR experience. There are occasional stories of guys being in the right place at the right time and landing on their feet. If you get your paramedic qualification that may help but that's going to take time, as is building up experience on the road.
If you were the recruiter, you would want to minimise the risk to your organisation. That means knowing what you're getting which generally means recruiting those with lengthy, full-time military SAR experience. An organisation wouldn't take their chances with unproven, inexperienced non-aviators if that other known quantity was available. Unless of course, they were recruiting on the cheap.
Last edited by Vie sans frontieres; 9th Aug 2013 at 09:13.