Originally Posted by
gipsymagpie
I don't think it will spread any more. The extra pilot is a 90kg dead weight at scene and if it's a choice between a pilot and a parademic or a doc or even fuel I know what the medics would rather have at scene. Night/24 HR ops is different.
Very insightful 😝, but maybe you should consider that the ‘dead weight’ might just avoid dead crew! An extra “parademic” or doc is useless if the aircraft crashes on the way to the incident, on the way to the hospital or on the way back to base. Don’t wish away extra aircrew, as teams are continually asked or expected to do more than a single pilot can reasonable be expected to cope with. That route leads to the USA model 🤪
Or just stick to VFR day only HEMS with single pilot. You cannot have it both ways…