Response Times!
If morris1 is correct and NPAS record response times from the point of take off, that blows the whole thing out of the water!
The only real factor that counts, is the elapsed time since the incident that sparked the request took place.
i.e. If the incident was a bank robbery, and no one asked for the helicopter for 20 minutes, and then it took 10 minutes for the request to be actioned or passed between Control rooms. It matters little that the flying time is only 15 minutes. It is still 45 minutes since the incident happened! What do you think the chances are of success and the robbers are still hanging about to give the Police a chance? Yet NPAS stats would show only the 15 minute response time!
At the very least the clock needs to start running as soon as the request is made! How else can you test how well oiled is the response capability?
Or perhaps they don't want to know!
Checkout my post no 900 on the other NPAS thread!
tigerfish
Last edited by tigerfish; 12th Mar 2013 at 12:09.