Originally Posted by
Obidiah
Exactly!!
They get paid more because they are worth more, the pilots role on board is probably the least complex and least demanding of all three roles along with the fact the only role which has sensible (??) duty time restrictions.
What is 'worth' anyway? Who decides what someone is worth? Purely as an observation, the pilot on these flights is responsible for all lives onboard not just the patient. Duty time restrictions don't mean anything when you are single pilot IFR going into/out of an outback strip at 4am in crap weather. How ironic that an employer demands high levels of experience with a certain level of pay but then when it suits them i.e. supply drops, they simple reduce the hours requirement. New joiners are magically 'worth' more!