Wrong
DevA have support ed the passage of Winchoperators to Bristows for UK ands Global SAR…… everyone of them has been a previous UK Aircrewman involved in SAR.
Historically Bristow have recruited very competent an capable Paramedics to be Winchoperators - in fact one their senior team in UK SAR used this route very successfully.
There is currently a requirement for Paramedics to join an audited LimSAR training programme similar to that used by Bristows for many years……