Prince William for Air Ambulance?
Useful info Tees, thanks. It still smacks of a system that thinks SAR is all about hovering over boats.
Out of interest - and professional broadening - what are your profiles for PC2?
My RFM only has Cat A procedures (older aircraft) and Cat B just gives a H-V curve for single engine which doesn't even apply under specific AUM.
Out of interest - and professional broadening - what are your profiles for PC2?
My RFM only has Cat A procedures (older aircraft) and Cat B just gives a H-V curve for single engine which doesn't even apply under specific AUM.
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What he means is that whilst you always try to fly PC1 profiles, the sites are not recced.
Crab, as far as I know, any SAR Captain would meet company requirements for experience. As much as you Sarbouys would like to argue, it IS a different job, although SOME things are similar.
Is it harder to do?? Hell no, but it is DIFFERENT.
Yes you go into hospitals, yes you operate in seriously more difficult conditions, but a HEMS pilot requires a slightly different mindset.
The most obvious one is that you do not risk your or your crews life, they are pax, just like easyjet pax.
The rules and regs are restrictive, we often know that we COULD land, but we have to turn away. Ex military pilots can really struggle with that concept. A lot.........
You are also operating with a commercial (money making) brain engaged, you are considering the customer as well. Aircraft monitoring systems are watching you in real time, you should not be upsetting your crew with your 'style' of flying. Whilst the Captain has the last say in the aircraft, the customer has the last say with the money.
What I am trying to say is that the experience requirements don't always come down to pure flying skills (sar has that in abundance). Operating HEMS gives you many many other experiences, your first six months is a blur, operating without an onbase backup team (ie nobody but the crew) and into sites that even SAR would draw breath at. You would easily learn the job, but more importantly, you WOULD have to learn HEMS because you DON'T know it. You know who I am and my experience level, trust me on this one
Crab, as far as I know, any SAR Captain would meet company requirements for experience. As much as you Sarbouys would like to argue, it IS a different job, although SOME things are similar.
Is it harder to do?? Hell no, but it is DIFFERENT.
Yes you go into hospitals, yes you operate in seriously more difficult conditions, but a HEMS pilot requires a slightly different mindset.
The most obvious one is that you do not risk your or your crews life, they are pax, just like easyjet pax.
The rules and regs are restrictive, we often know that we COULD land, but we have to turn away. Ex military pilots can really struggle with that concept. A lot.........
You are also operating with a commercial (money making) brain engaged, you are considering the customer as well. Aircraft monitoring systems are watching you in real time, you should not be upsetting your crew with your 'style' of flying. Whilst the Captain has the last say in the aircraft, the customer has the last say with the money.
What I am trying to say is that the experience requirements don't always come down to pure flying skills (sar has that in abundance). Operating HEMS gives you many many other experiences, your first six months is a blur, operating without an onbase backup team (ie nobody but the crew) and into sites that even SAR would draw breath at. You would easily learn the job, but more importantly, you WOULD have to learn HEMS because you DON'T know it. You know who I am and my experience level, trust me on this one
Jayteeto - fair comment
PS it wasn't me looking for a job but an ex-colleague.
On a separate topic that came up in conversation recently - how many female pilots are there in the AA/HEMS/Police role in UK?
PS it wasn't me looking for a job but an ex-colleague.
On a separate topic that came up in conversation recently - how many female pilots are there in the AA/HEMS/Police role in UK?
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So one then!
I did know Nicky had gone there but wondered if any others had made it in.
I did know Nicky had gone there but wondered if any others had made it in.
My replacement was female at merseyside
