concur jayteeto.
When the police buy their aircraft, I often wonder how many of them seek 'independent' advice on which a/c to put on the short list. Ideally that would be the CP's remit if he was directly employed.
I suspect, many forces went into this business being driven by bean counters who havent got the faintest idea what they are up against.
I can think of atleast 3 forces who have purchased helicopters because the UEO thinks he knows best or has a personal prejudice against either a company or a helo, without an iota of evidence to back his views up.
They're paying dearly for it now with downtime alone, never mind what the future holds....
Some people never learn from others do they..
I suppose in the perfect world, the decision would be made for them with the HO and PITO preparing a well researched short list to choose from...sorry...that's too logical, I know.
