The Careflight doctors do not have an issue with what label of helicopter on which they fly .
Their objection is the Dept. of Health., an incompetent bureaucratic organization which they know well from their day jobs . Their motivation to fly for Careflight
is professional satisfaction .Apart from the flying operation ,Careflight is affiliated
with the teaching hospital at Westmead and trains specialists from all over the world
in trauma medicine and awards qualifications .Careflight is at the cutting edge of trauma medicine. The independence of these research specialists has always been a
thorn in the side of the time –servers in the Dept. of health and the morons with the
6th grade education who occupy the upper echelons of the NSW Ambulance Service.
This is the reason for the determined attempts over the years to replace Careflight with a tame and compliant commercial operator , even at vastly increased cost to
the public and the destruction of an institution of medical and academic excellence.
The Specialists donate their time and talents to this unique organisation at great
sacrifice to their income .The payment for a 48 hour tour of duty away from home
equates to about one hour spent on practicing their specialty in the operating theatre.
Without the revenue supplied by the flying operations and the donated time of these
dedicated specialists, this immense resource of NSW will be lost .