I do believe that the Sussex PA have shot themselves in the foot by insisting that the south east base is moved from Dunsfold to Redhill. With true borderless tasking, this now becomes a south London resource. Try getting it for the endless coastal searches when it is stuck in Croydon and Brixton all day, much closer and more needy (but obviously no more important) than Brighton, I'm sure the Met are rubbing their hands with glee at getting another Heli so close to them.
And slap bang between the Kent and Surrey/Sussex air ambulance bases. With the NPAS base at Redhill set to cover South London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex and Hampshire, it's going to be worked very hard indeed in it's Police role, and the 1/4 million saving on keeping it's air ambulance role pales into insignificance.
And what of Hampshire's busiest areas? With the busy Heli at Odiham going, and the Bournemouth base a long way from being established, who covers their area?
Last edited by aeromys; 2nd Apr 2012 at 13:39.