Satsuma,
It's likely BRS were using the 'lucrative commercial SAR contract' as a training base for their people for UKSAR. It's normal to do after all. Why would you spend a fortune training people in the UK (or elsewhere) when you can send them on contract and have someone else pay for it?
Last edited by nowherespecial; 14th Aug 2015 at 08:19.
Reason: poor grammar,as usual