Tiger,
Right with you there - that's why I was aksing,
it's not at all clear what the "more effective service" will be, if any.
Sure in some places there will be improvements -
there already are,
for example in the Midlands where that Press clipping came from,
if an incident happens in the South of Derbyshire, or Nottinghamshire,
while the North Mids a/c is on a task at the the very top of their patch,
then the nearest aircraft can deploy - maybe East or West Mids -
That happens NOW and does not need NPAS to achieve those service improvements,
along with the consequent savings in the transit times ( and cost thereof ),
which are reduced by deploying the nearest aircraft.
BUT by doing so, that leaves either East or West Mids with a POORER service than they had before,
because "their" aircraft is no longer immediately available to the "Home" force.
This is particularly so during those "out of hours" times when the 1 Midlands force out of 4 that operate 24 hours a day,
could get pulled away anywhere in the region a lot more often than it does now.
So some days you'll win, and the "facts" will be brandished accordingly,
while ( I suspect ), on the days that you'll lose, it will all be kept very "Q".
