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Old 27th Aug 2009, 12:49
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Hullaballoo
 
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Are the paramedics part of the flight crew in these single pilot operations
Unfortunately they are not, although it might make a lot sense if there were (particularly for operations that use NVG's).

In many cases, the paramedics are hospital employees, whilst the aircraft and pilot are leased by the hospital under "for hire" operations. So the pilot is flight crew, but not the med crew...
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