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Old 20th Feb 2015, 21:43
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MightyGem
 
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A lot of new names on here all of a sudden. Welcome.

How much have they just spent refurbishing Wattisham?
That used to be pretty much the same in the Military: spend millions on a base and then close it within months.

all for a 14% saving......will these costs now be passed on to the Forces, so that they DO end up paying less for Air Support
Lets wait and see how much the individual Forces pay for the next Financial Year shall we.

NPAS have already achieved overall savings of 23 per cent, amounting to £11 million
Oh really, when all the Forces paid only £3.7M less for 2013/14 than they paid prior to joining NPAS.

Cameras in cabs : For what purpose
So that they might have some idea what was going on in the event of another Glasgow type accident?

The Henlow gap
What? With all those aircraft down there. Check out the North. You've got 2 Bases to the west of the Pennines(rather close together), Barton and Hawarden, to cover from the Scottish border down to Stafford Stoke area, and two on the East side to cover the same sort of area on their side.

Merseyside's PCC said recently that, " I can confirm that the force is satisfied with the availability, response times, quality of service and value for money, provided by NPAS."

She obviously has the view of the bobbies out on the streets then.
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