Two things to question with the Kent proposal....
1. The staff costs to NPAS are in the region of £890,000 per annum for the supervisors and controllers just to 'dispatch and flight follow the aircraft'?
2. If the Kent FCC are just dispatching the nearest aircraft, who's making the decision about the viability of the job in the first place? Do we assume the controller will not be vetting the jobs but just passing them on. If thats the case why not just have force control rooms offer the job up on the regional air to ground channel so the the nearest aircraft responds (works fine at the moment) and dispense with this additional expensive labour force?
Thought this was about saving money
