A number of airline companies have succesfully run aeromedical contracts in Australia and have used it as a training ground for there pilots.
1. East-West operated the NSW Air Ambulance contract,
2. Skywest Aviation operated both the NSW Air Ambulance and Northern Territory Aero Medical Contract,
3. Sunstate(Mildura) operated the Victorian Air Ambulance contract,
4. Airnorth operated the NTAMS contract for a couple of years in the mid 1980's,
5. TAA provided pilots for the NTAMS contract up until the early 1980's,
6. Ansett NT Airwork did likewise during the 1980's,
7. TAA also had the flying surgeon run in western QLD for many years.
So one could assume Airnorth would be putting in a competitive tender. A couple of years in a turboprop on the contract then into the rhs seat of the ERJ-170?