Originally Posted by
gipsymagpie
Depends. The UK has single pilot doing NVIS IFR HEMS quite happily with the right aircraft, training and operational support (min 2000 hrs of the right sort of flying - often ex military but not always. In the US they try to do HEMS in marginal VFR with limited IFR skillsets with severe commercial pressure. Different operating environment.
Can the single NVIS Pilot land at unsurveyed (crash) sites at night in the UK or is there two "crew" with goggs?