Jeepys, it is the lack of real SAR experience that I find worrying (and the fact that some appear to have been less than truthful about that).
It was Bristow who were specifying glass cockpit time and they made a big deal about it but most people (even me) get used to it very quickly.
What were they doing "just" avoiding a SAR op for anyway? Rubbernecking
They knew the TDA was there and their route avoided it - don't see a problem, especially since the Helo wasn't in the TDA at the time of the incident.
Same again - how nice, I seem to have my very own internet troll.............