Originally Posted by
hargreaves99
There is a large shortage of pilots that have the requirements/experience for most of these HEMS PIC jobs. eg 500 hours PIC multi, NVG time, HEMS experience, correct type rating etc, hence they are always looking for people.
You can be an offshore captain with 10,000 hours and you won't get a HEMS PIC job because of the lack of NVG/HEMS experience
SAS only pay Ģ35,000 for a new co-pilot (with limited progression to command), so offshore is a much more attractive option
Night shifts for Ģ60,000 a year put a lot of people off an NPAS job
Thanks for the reply
Its crazy that the requirements are like that, specially the NVIS. You can only get NVIS if you come from the military or if you fly HEMS.......And if to get a HEMS job you need NVIS...its almost like a dog chasing its own tail.
I agree that offshore could be more attractive but still very hard to join.
It just blows my mind that there a shortage of pilots with all the conditions but still operators donīt increase salaries to attract them, or....just train them. (and i know that most work in HEMS is done on behalf of charities).