I suppose in the end it all depends on what value you put on efficiency and public safety.
The concept of NPAS was quite correct and if properly executed in order to increase efficiency and effectiveness, there were considerable savings to be made from economies of scale.
But the slash & burn programme as delivered, had nothing to do with that and only concentrated on saving money. NOTHING ELSE MATTERED OR COUNTED FOR ANYTHING.
Now we have a demoralised and very poorly led shadow of what went before!
With proper thought and even more so, proper leadership, it could have been so much better.
No-one who had any real knowledge of Police Air Support was allowed anywhere near NPAS in the early days, so is it any supprise now that the worms are escaping from the can?
TF