FD2 - in the adult world, it is acceptable and often desirable to engage in discourse, whether it be banter or disagreement, without resorting to name-calling and personal insults - you and many other stern RN-defenders just don't seem to be able to get that, you throw your teddies out of the cot and hurl abuse at the first sign of criticism.
My point about SAR is, and has always been, that if you don't train for it, you are very likely to be more of a hazard trying to rescue someone. If you don't train for it, the 'red mist' descends and you are more likely to take unreasonable risks.
This is the very reason we taught our SAR crews to be able to say NO - it didn't happen very often but when it did, that decision was respected.
Counterpoint that with your argument that the Captain of the ship can make the helicopter crew launch in ridiculous conditions - the captain of the aircraft has an enormous duty of care to his own crew which outweighs the SOLAS pressure.
I got flamed previously on a SAR thread for mentioning the loss of a Lynx in the Channel which was launched in fog for a MoB - but that is exactly the situation that should be avoided by good aircraft captaincy as a result of training. No-one who has searched over the water in poor visibility, for a single person without safety equipment, would think it was a good idea but they went and very sadly didn't come back. You, presumably, would defend this action to the hilt rather than acknowledging the folly and waste of life.