That is true but in terms of most HEMS crews, flight and clinical are operating completely different rotas.
For example, considering a single aircraft HEMS crew of Pilot + TCM/Para + Doc the team serving that aircraft might consist of...
2 pilots, each working 15 days/mth
6 para, each working 5 days/mth
15 docs, each working 2 days/mth
Working means with the aircraft, ready to be tasked, other duties not considered.
Based on the above.
- It will almost impossible to consistently pair crews
- If ventilated patients are being transferred and AGPs carried out, the pilots have the potential to get considerable exposure to AGPs. Meaning high viral load and an associated greater risk of morbidity.
- The critical path in terms of resourcing the crew is the pilots getting sick and needing to isolate.