You don't need to have a national air support network to save money - as this exercise has proven. 5 forces successfully got together pre NPAS to replace the old T1 fleet and made significant savings as well as standardisation of role equipment. What this proved was that if you let those who know what they are talking about do a job it gets done much better!
Alas I fear it is all much to late now and for those of us who worked hard to provide a proper service extremely disappointing.