I still haven't given up hope of someone answering the question I posed three months ago about the content of the 9 month pilot and six month rearcrew conversion courses. Can anyone put some meat on those bones?
Why would anyone post the content of BHL pilot and rear crew training programmes on a forum such as PPRUNE? There's no freedom of information legislation dictating that questions asked on PPRUNE must be answered.
If you're on a course (and plenty of people are) then you'll be privy to the content. I imagine it would follow a fairly standard path from type rating through to completion of line training with SAR specific skills included as required. These courses are probably delivered by very well qualified personnel with a great deal of experience garnered in both Civilian and Military roles.
As for the AW189...I think AW are the only ones who could hazard a guess as to the readiness of the SAR variant.