Originally Posted by
BudgieFerguson
No, definitely not. Where have all the LifeFlight sceptics gone? QG Air, OSA/CHC, PHI, Babcock, Westpac, Toll. Truck Masters. Take your pick. And everyone else is just worn out or too excited they’re not flying Robbies anymore to complain..
Shaking of the pilot tree and the pile of resumes at tin rattler HQ is still ample to fill vacancies. I heard the most recent hire took a $130K pay cut to leave Esso and join the ranks of the tin rattlers as a co-pilot. And he was fully tricked up with hours and instrument rating and type rating. Minimal effort for the tin rattlers to get a pilot with those qualifications into the left seat on entry level pay. Whilst that bounty of recruiting options exists there will remain a lot of inertia at TRHQ to change the status-quo.