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Old 12th Dec 2014, 08:52
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Thomas coupling
 
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Cabby - I'm sorry, I missed which country you were talking about?
Anyway:
(a) The UK doesn't have a growing police aviation market - in fact it has the opposite.
(b) Avincis is owned by an American conglomerate of Bankers - no wonder Bond have loads of money behind them.
(c) There isn't ANY money to be made in police ops!! Bond know that and are staying well clear. Having said that - I meant w.r.t. operating the fleet as opposed to suppying equipment. That is why UK police air ops will remain in the hands of the government for the foreseeable future. [Unlike HEMS/AA - which is commercial and Bonds domain].

Other than that - good post!
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