I agree it's more about the misuse of technology, but that's the point-people presume that buying a PLB or Spot entitles them to a helicopter ride if they get tired. We've had discussions about forcing people to pay for firing these things off under less than emergency conditions -like the dopes in the Grand Canyon.

The very first use of a PLB was an emergency in upstate NY. The second resulted in an arrest when the same idiot fired it off again when he went back unprepared to get his gear left from his first rescue.