Originally Posted by
MaxR
Thanks
MightyGem - very interesting and saddening figures.
How this is allowed to continue I do not know. It can only be that no-one actually cares that both the public and police forces are getting such a poor service for such a poor price. Much the same as no-one cared when this was all predicted nearly a decade ago. Of course, I never thought it could be quite this bad.
Many of us did care, but the general public aren't aware and are unlikely to be told the detail. Currently TVP, Beds & Herts pay about £4m with just over 1000 hours flown out of Benson. In 2010 the Chiltern Air Support Unit budget (excluding 10 TFOs provided by the participating forces) was £2m for 2000 hours flown out of Benson and Henlow with good response times, local knowledge, state of the art kit and great morale / team spirit. What has NPAS brought to the party?