I would like a short description of PLB etiquette.

On another forum I read a description of hikers planning to use
one in either a medical emergency or for evacuation for lesser
problems. They didn't want to pay for the helicopter ride, so
were planning to use some sort of signal that would instruct
rescuers to send only state or fed machines rather than private
ambulance services. If sent a private machine they talked about
sueing in small claims court.

I'm pretty liberal and do SAR volunteer work, but
this lack of self responsibility and lack of planning to get yourself out
of a jam bothers me. It will bother me even more
when a helicopter goes down trying to get to someone with bad
blisters (or pulls a James Watt flying out from the grand canyon
due to boredom).

What are the correct uses of the PLB?