It's a good article Jim, only one glaring error about ages of crews - there are plenty of us more mature types still doing milSAR ...
People are often misled by the youthful good looks of we RAF types. Same thing happens in the Regiment.
(A young lady on our team was heard to comment during one exercise "The pilot looks about 12.")
Oh, and there is no substitute for experience, regardless of how shiny and new (and capable) the aircraft.
That's certainly one of the points I was trying to get across.