Originally Posted by
hueyracer
Maybe that's the reason why the police is getting the equipment-because the government does not want to allocate money to have one or more commercial helicopters on "standby"....?
The way the commercial side works is "you can have it if you have the money up front-and if we have availability..."...
How many hrs firefighting do you get for 800.000 €?
200? 150?
So buying equipment and training the crews you pay already is actually saving taxpayers money ;-)