In the current police pilot recruitment climate, surely this raises a number of interesting questions.
Ok what he did was illegal, but should it affect his ability to function as a police pilot, or should a police helicopter fly less than it would because there is no one around to fly it. Should he effectively get away with that kind of speed on a public road because he is a Police Pilot like others may have ?
I doubt most of us are beyond reproach and if thats the case then should this incident stop him flying in his role.
Maybe one more strike and your out may be appropriate for people in this position. Although how could the system be seen to condone that, if say he had killed a kid on his way home.
I don't know him, don't wish to judge him, just think its worthy of debate because I certainly do not know the answers.
It has been initmated on PPRune that there is more to this than meets the eye and perhaps that is the case, I do not know.
GS