Ronald Gardner wrote:

Yes CAP requires a lot of training! However in order to do the job
correctly and professionally it is the only way. You don't want to be a
yahoo do gooder that can't find a downed pilot that you should have found
and then try to explain it to the family why you failed.


Here in Montana we don't really let CAP do search and rescue. The
Montana Aeronautics Division along with the Montana Pilots Assoc handles
the search and rescue duties when needed. They have a training class
each September that teaches all the necessary things about SAR. No
stupid nomex suits when it's hot out either. Any licensed pilot in
Montana can take the class and when SAR is needed they now have a
database of qualified pilots all over the state that can be in the air
in a very short time.