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Old 6th Feb 2020, 10:44
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makeflyingsafer
 
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Be extremely foolish piloting yourself and your medic crew to transport a deadly infectious corovavirus patient to a medical facility in an open cabin/cockpit aircraft, helicopter or airplane. No amount of comfortable, aircraft pilot seat wearable PPE would keep you safe, no matter the short distance to hospital, the virus would remain on the carpets and in the seats covers for a while, and in the a/c system for long time unless you changed the filters - been proven time and time again. You'd be exposing all to the virus, and all those that follow in the aircraft, and at the workplace, and at home. Risk versus reward balance totally against your favour. Vitually all HEMS Operators, my old one too, will not fly contagious patients in their fixed or rotor wing fleet, risk of serious infection or death too high to all concerned, managament and owners included, aicraft badly contaminated, insurance is invalid, the list goes on. And on. And on.
Do not do it, period.
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