Originally Posted by
lucille
In the US, most aeromedical contracts are run by bottom feeder organisations where belt tightening is the company mantra. They are cost conscious to the extreme.
It’s no surprise that model would have found it’s way over here sooner or later. I remember the halcyon days when aeromedical flying allowed one to support a family of four and eat three meals a day. Something, by the way, the average GA driver could not do.
Very true, and the accident rate for aeromedical operators is extraordinarily high. At one point HEMS crew was the #1 most dangerous job in the USA. Will Australia go the same way? When you can ditch an aeromedical jet in the Pacific then pick up a state aeromedical contract only two years later, that suggests it will. A race to the bottom for conditions will produce the same result here. Ambulance NSW will have to wear the disruption associated with crew churn, unservicabilies and safety issues. The USA has a pilot shortage at this level for very good reason.