This agreement makes sense for so many reasons. If you charge for rescues, you’ll have poor fishermen out there who will die when they might otherwise have called for a rescue. We grumble when the Richard Bransons and Abby Sunderlands need rescuing, but those who have the ability to participate in a rescue should do so, and without regard to assumption of risk and ability to pay.
While the Australians spent a lot of money for this rescue, they got training as a result, and their own people will benefit if they need assistance on the high seas.
Yes it does. But I don't think many knew that the Act of 1914 existed or that it was because of the Titanic. That was why I posted it.