Originally Posted by
A37575
In all seriousness. RFDS flying appears to be considered the creme de la creme in GA circles. But maybe I am way off base, but isn't most of that flying a regular A to B on scheduled services? The black and stormy night medical rescue into dusty strips with the head-lights of cars illuminating the scrub or burning toilet rolls as flares. No aids except a GPS and worse still only one pilot who has to navigate over featureless sand dunes unseen below - a hero who really earns his $40K a year to rescue a snake bitten poor bastard covered in dirty big angry ants.
How many times a month/year would the intrepid RFDS pilot actually be forced into this situation?
Correct about one thing fella; you are way off base.
Happened yesterday, Western Ops, Mt Vernon, read it in the paper if you like.
Do you still reckon $120 an hour in a synthetic trainer learning how to start a PC-12 or B200 will cut it?