I am shocked and stunned VSF, are you really suggesting that the authorities take a reality pill ??? live in the real world ??? get with the risk-management business ???
Everything to do with SAR is about managing risk but to imagine that you can somehow make it 'risk-free' is to live in a world that is far removed from the one I have spent my life in.
The risk/benefit ratio of the training I am sure can be managed closer to the margin than the 20 kts of wind you suggest. SAR people are resourceful people so just watch this space. I am sure they will find a way just as soon as they acquire the skills to make their case effectively.
We found a way round a similar dilemma in the offshore world by using 'probability' theory. Will this work for SAR? Sorry - I don't have the required number of brain cells left to work that out. Maybe JimL will comment?
G.
