Spinwing, you mention that it would be a much higher cost to the public if a commercial operator tried to do Life Flights job.
I don't know the ins and outs of it but how?
My intiial thoughts are, air craft costs will remain the same, crew costs will remain the same, I may have it wrong, but what will increase with a commercial operator?
The money still comes from the public via the Government. They would get the money through taxes taken from the public.