Andy Williamson would appear to have an ego the size of a house. He has no mandate to determine the best way forward for a sector, but clearly feels that as he thinks he is right, he is. What a tosser, what he is proposing is so blatantly wrong, but he bangs on about it anyway. It's a shame that the AAA seems toothless in delivering any sort of leadership on this issue.
The TAAS's well documented take-over of the Children's Air Ambulance was clearly motivated by the desire to give themselves an excuse to fundraise nationally. They have 'form' in setting their agenda.
There should be a law against sharks like these guys. There is a lot of good out there in the air ambulance world, but chancers like Mr. Williamson threaten to undermine all that work to develop local identities, for his own selfish ends. The danger of course is that any bickering among charities risks negative
PR, which threatens to undermine the current model.