Way to make up things to support your argument. Nowhere does it say the Helo pilot must be a LT. He was hired as a LT and received LT pay while going thru rookie school. He was even given a gun, badge, and vehicle while in school when he couldn't even use any of it. This guy got paid to sit at his house and wait for someone to call him.

The smartest move the Sheriff's Office could have made was to get rid of the Helo Unit and go in with the City on Sable