At the moment it appears that this is a case of a too heavy precis of a Chief Constables briefing report to the police authority meeting next Monday.
There are no 'new rules' that will cause a premature demise of the early EC135T1s. The police are just looking at the possibilities of going SPIFR before the intended date of 2008.
What seems to have happened is that the article 'imported' the 31/12/2004 implementation of JarOps 3 which will require Heading and Alt. hold on the aircraft.
It is not in the police report and anyway no decision has been made about whether Grandfather rights will apply to these airframes.
Last edited by PANews; 25th Jul 2003 at 18:22.