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Courtesy Virginia State Police
and working the road, or being reassigned to the other regional airbases as trooper-pilots. Only one opted to remain in this area, she said.
The other airbases are in Lynchburg, Abingdon and Chesterfield County (near Richmond). The state police will continue to provide aviation services from those facilities, according to Geller.
Aircraft from Chesterfield and Lynchburg will respond to requests for flights from law enforcement agencies in this area.
Due to potential weather complications and greater distance, that will almost inevitably result in longer response times, Geller acknowledged.
How much each flight will cost — and whether or not the elimination of the aviation barracks at Manassas ultimately turns out to be an effective cost-cutting measure — remains to be seen.
“The cost associated with each flight will depend on the mission and how long it is,” Geller said.
She could not say how much the agency hopes to save by closing the facility.
E-mail the reporter: abogdanovic@timespapers.com.
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