This is now wildly off topic but I may as well add a couple of observations.
1. Paarmo. You are clearly a bitter and resentful ex-observer who has been rightfully tenured from your post. Your comments are clearly intended to stir.
2 PAN. It is none of your business what the West Midlands Police do or dont do. Each Police service runs its own affairs according to the needs of the local community. The West Midlands Police are leaders in British Police aviation and have been at the forefront of it long before the tired PAN publication came into being. Whatever decision has been made by the Force has been made for the right reasons...end of.
HnH