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Old 7th Feb 2019, 22:52
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Hedski
 
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One of the points raised re hours and actual experience strikes a chord. It seems common in US EMS that you need lots of hours (ca. 2000) but nobody cares to examine what quality of hours. So as in this scenario the pilot had very repetitive types of
day VFR experience, likely much of it on piston singles. But because the total number was big enough then it’s all ok. Yet I see on another form of social media military medevac experienced twin engine IFR pilots with 1000 hours of such unable to get a job. Especially in EMS where 2000 seems
to be required. So a box was ticked but actual experience totally inappropriate for the role etc. Again FAA not doing their job. Where’s the oversight....?

Not the company’s first rodeo either with 407: https://www.swoknews.com/local/air-scare

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