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Forum: Rotorheads
1st Jan 2018, 09:37
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

Why did you think it was closing?

Why did you think it was closing?
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Dec 2017, 21:16
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

They always do.

They always do.
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Dec 2017, 20:16
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

Maybe from on high, but on the shop floor, or...

Maybe from on high, but on the shop floor, or hangar floor perhaps, we were seeing everything that we now see in NPAS: longer reaction times, longer transits, fall off in requests, lack of decent...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Dec 2017, 20:42
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

PAN, is that the North Wales Air Support Unit or...

PAN, is that the North Wales Air Support Unit or North West Air Operations Group?

North Wales were hardly one of the best, operating 0700 to 0300, flying 800 hours a year, mainly looking for lost...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Dec 2017, 21:33
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

Actually, it's only 17, as the other two are...

Actually, it's only 17, as the other two are supposedly spares. However, serviceability/availability is not always as it should be:
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Dec 2017, 19:21
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

The only press coverage that I could find: ...

The only press coverage that I could find:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/30/police-helicopters-miss-thousands-call-outs-england-wales
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Dec 2017, 19:18
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

NPAS seem to think that they've saved £17M rather...

NPAS seem to think that they've saved £17M rather than the £6M stated in the report, and the £7M that I had estimated.

News | NPAS...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Dec 2017, 19:06
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

That might have been the aim, but they've failed...

That might have been the aim, but they've failed on that as well. From the HMICFRS report:
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Dec 2017, 20:45
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

In what way, TC?

In what way, TC?
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Dec 2017, 21:34
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

Plus the fact it runs on AVGAS, which is going to...

Plus the fact it runs on AVGAS, which is going to limit refuel locations, especially at night when all the smaller airfields that stock it are shut. :ugh:
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Dec 2017, 18:52
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

Some more pearls of wisdom from the report: ...

Some more pearls of wisdom from the report:

Heads should roll for that. Less than 50% availability!!!

Regarding the procurement of fixed wing:

"Lets get some fixed wing. They're cheap to...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Dec 2017, 20:39
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

Back in post #182 when I posted the figures from...

Back in post #182 when I posted the figures from 2016/7, I pondered:


Well, it appears that none of them were. From my latest FOI request, all those hours were the charged for actioned calls for...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Nov 2017, 15:50
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

I think this is the only positive comment that I...

I think this is the only positive comment that I came across:


I highlighted so many comments in the report that it's difficult to choose.


Well we all knew that. It was immediately evident...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Nov 2017, 18:53
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

Given the widely differing cost per hour in my...

Given the widely differing cost per hour in my post #182, I asked NPAS the following:

If an aircraft is tasked to a Force:
When does that Force start paying? From take off, or arrival on scene?...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Nov 2017, 19:51
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

Thanks for that. Hmm...I wonder why? ...

Thanks for that.


Hmm...I wonder why?

Oh no, they're going on a journey!!


TC said: The feeling I get is that other members of the panel are still unhappy about air support when they need...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Nov 2017, 20:03
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

Have you got a link? I can't find it.

Have you got a link? I can't find it.
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Nov 2017, 20:09
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

It's obviously a bit late. From November's Police...

It's obviously a bit late. From November's Police Aviation News:


As you say, it will be interesting to see what it says.
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Oct 2017, 20:44
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/MightyGem/N...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/MightyGem/NPAS%20201617_zpswaqf2zmw.png

So, here are the costs per Force and flying hours for 2016/17. When I started this, way back in 2014, not all Forces...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Oct 2017, 19:50
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

Ha! Chickens come home to roost. Costs/hours...

Ha! Chickens come home to roost.

Costs/hours figures for 2016/7 to appear shortly
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Sep 2017, 22:05
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

NPAS so short of staff that they are recruiting...

NPAS so short of staff that they are recruiting retiring pilots and TFOs as civilian TFOs. :hmm:
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Jul 2017, 21:58
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

Use them for spares?

Use them for spares?
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Apr 2017, 22:04
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

Max, all my figures are based on the 36 Forces...

Max, all my figures are based on the 36 Forces that were part of NPAS back in 2014. I asked them what was their total budget for Air Support for the last Financial Year prior to them joining NPAS....
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Apr 2017, 21:44
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

Well, the Annual Report for 2015/16 has finally...

Well, the Annual Report for 2015/16 has finally been published.
http://www.npas.police.uk/sites/npas.police.uk/files/files/npas_annual_report_2015_2016.pdf

Just a few random observations:
...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Apr 2017, 19:36
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

Shall we get back on topic, ie: the decline and...

Shall we get back on topic, ie: the decline and fall of NPAS.

So, I sent the figures that I posted back at #40, here:...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Apr 2017, 19:47
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

Until it had an argument with a block of...

Until it had an argument with a block of flats.:ooh:
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Mar 2017, 12:26
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

Devon and Cornwall Police to launch UK's first...

Devon and Cornwall Police to launch UK's first 24-hour drone unit
https://www.964eagle.co.uk/news/uk-news/2249976/devon-and-cornwall-police-to-launch-uks-first-24-hour-drone-unit/

I wonder if the...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Mar 2017, 20:59
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

The NPAS Board obviously thinks otherwise.

The NPAS Board obviously thinks otherwise.
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Mar 2017, 20:34
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

The NPAS Board is still upbeat about it:

The NPAS Board is still upbeat about it:
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Mar 2017, 22:49
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

And according to the news release, closing the...

And according to the news release, closing the bases has made NPAS less efficient, only being able to reach 97% of the population in 30 minutes instead of 98%.
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Mar 2017, 20:16
Replies: 298
Views: 122,935
Posted By MightyGem

That's a rehash of a news release from a couple...

That's a rehash of a news release from a couple of years ago? I was just reading it last month.
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