... any truth that the well discussed 20 minute flying time circles, have now been transformed to;
'15 minutes from receipt of call at the control centre?
If that's what is now being said I'd be very interested to know how they have managed to reduce the times
so drastically, considering the 20 minutes response time was originally calculated ( IIRC ) on flying time alone.
15 minutes from receipt of call at the NPAS Control Room ( in Hampshire
),
will probably equate to around 12 or 13 minutes of that call being received by the crew,
and by the time they get airborne it will only leave them 10 minutes from the original 20 to get on scene.
Here comes the spin -
That's a FANTASTIC 50% saving on flight time with a mere stroke of the pen ! Well done
Or is the 15 minutes now going to be the MINIMUM time to arrive on scene ?
( More likely ? )
