Originally Posted by
rudestuff
It seems as though the UK job market for helicopter pilots must be pretty buoyant at the moment.. The minimum requirements seem to be going down and down for the NPAS and HEMS jobs.
That depends on your point of view. In a buoyant market for operators the hours requirement would go up as they could be picky. If buoyant for pilots, the hours requirement comes down because there is a high demand. But in any case that particular job is for a VFR only pilot and that's the statutory minima in SPA.HEMS. Other operators still looking for higher hours (eg Babcock at Norwich
Babcock Norwich Captain - 2000 hrs)