Nigel - I don't know where you get your confidence from in this regard, but I do know that you haven't done full time HEMS and don't understand the risks associated with it either.
Forget the terrorist angle - HEMS is a minefield of aviation threats and requires the pilot to be 100% on the ball ALL the time. The industry is littered with pilot 'gottcha's'. His SAR experience will NOT fully prepare him for this because mil ops are far far more regimented and de-risked.
His PPO's will of course do their due diligence bit, but as SS said, a dummy call out could so easily be on the cards. That aside, if AQ et al really wanted him gone - then the air base is a pretty good place to start.
No-one here is stressed or OTT, buddy - we are just shooting the breeze........
chewing the cud. Are you getting your hours in - during this gorgeous weather? Any new pioneering flights on the horizon? Enjoy.
It will be interesting at scene - the pilot usually chips in as the gofor some of the time, or otherwise hangs back and lets the PM's get on with it. William is going to have to hide in the cab with his visor down mostly - if he isn't going to get mobbed by joe public bypassers taking selfies
