Captivep: Concur wholeheartedly.
The AAA is a double edged sword per se. The beauty of individual charities is that they make the operation their own and micro manage the charity thus by definition should make it quite a financially efficient organisation. Personal pride in owning and delivering your own 'private' business should make them lean and efficient.
The beauty of a "national" AA organisation is that the synergies reduce costs from a managerial perspective but also from a maintenance and procurement perspective.
It will take a brave person to try to 'combine' all the existing individual operations without upsetting a lot of people. But the Police model could be an example where the "ethos" might work.
This guy running the children's air ambulance woke up one morning and realised he could be onto something here as a disguise for for his own ambitions. Unfortunately those ambitions don't reflect those of the rest of society.
No operational flight in 6 years - surely the charities commision must now take a very close interest?????
If he is also the boss for 2 other 'normal' AA's - what might the impact be on them, with what he is doing now??
