Handy's No2 has it in a nutshell.
As we have seen, the Government let alone the public, are quite anti when it comes to Police pay, conditions, pensions, cutbacks etc etc, do we really expect them to give a hoot about the officers and staff flying about in helicopters?
In the words of a 'senior suit' when a particular units ac went up in flames, "Looks like you've lost your 'boys toy' for a while then".
With morris saying things like "I can't wait for it all to fall on its a@rse, so I can laugh my socks off ", I wonder if he will be allowing, nay encouraging his unit to under perform to prove a point... in which case the rest of us might be safe when the next round of closures come along, because bet your bottom dollar they will and which units would you get rid of if you were at the helm !!