Quote: "...however, the guys are basically doing the role of a pilot at present, with the exception of actually flying hands on."
Jack: Are you quite sure about this??? No disrespect to the individual crewies intended, however I understand that a number of the (older) EMQ crewies have basically been dragged "kicking" into the LHS role. Will these same people now embrace the role of co-piloting (in the true sense of the word) the most advanced SAR/EMS aircraft in Australia??
It seems to me that this whole idea raises many more questions than it solves.
Does anybody actually know if the AW139 is (will be) certified SPIFR by CASA in Australia?? Or will EMQ have to wait until they bring the first a/c into country?