I believe that only a matter of days ago ( 19th June ? ) it was cleared
that "non CAA approved passengers" CAN be carried with the permission of the NPAS SLT.
So IF this flight received such approval in advance, then at least it would have been legal
( Unlike another rumour I heard of a couple of months back, where members of a family from Yorkshire
were flown in an NPAS helicopter to a hospital in Wales in order for them to see a relative in hospital down there !
)
But we digress - I hope there are no calls for Patient Transfers this evening / tonight,
knowing the state of available Police Air Cover for the Midlands Region
( where I live and where we used to get 24 Hour Police Air Support within
a few minutes of it being requested ), AND in the South West Region !
Nail