The reason that this story [gently] rocked the foundations was because it was thought that someone had 'spooked' the Staffordshire Cheif Constable.
Now the dust has settled a bit I guess that it will be business as usual.
As a result of my enquiries into this it is my understanding that the early 135 SAS would not fit in with the JAR Ops 3 requirement its all about 'CAA acceptable' autopilots not SAS.
Thats assuming that anything happens at all. Most opinions seem to doubt it.