Nail
Can I just make a few suggestions here.
Police Air Ops pilots are hired hands to chauffeur the cops.
Its the same as driving the oilys out to the rigs or the rich folks to the races.
You are paid to fly the helicopter which is an airborne taxi or bus.
You can dress up as much as you want with white shirts or bonedomes but the bottom line is you are being paid to drive the machine not manage the organisation.
The same goes for flight crew at Ryanair.
If you want to run the NPAS or have input then you are in the wrong game.
Silsoe Sid spent the last few years here moaning about a job that it appears he was not happy with. I understand his absence is because of a some serious words of advice that a few of the NPAS pilots and crew have had from above regarding chat on forums.
Tube train drivers are on about the same money but have a bit more collective clout if you pardon the pun. No one cares if police pilots went on strike and there are many out there happy to take what is a cushy number for good pay to fly a nice helicopter.
If you don't like the job move somewhere else.
(or buy your own helicopter)
And if you really want to see what real hard work in difficult conditions for a lot less pay but more job satisfaction is like look here.
http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/483...nepal-152.html