Sasless, I guess if you say it enough, maybe you will get to believe that. For those of us that know better, we're not going to change your mind.
That having been said, of course there is room for much improvement. I have a list of complaints I have with the air ambulance companies. Each one of us that flys or flew HEMS knows the risks and always has the option to turn down an unsafe flight. Because a helicopter crashes while cutting the margin too close, and I'm not saying that is what happened in the most recent Arkansas crash, does not mean that you would have made a different choice under similar circumstances. We can improve the safety record. No doubt about that. I think that the NTSB is on the right track with NVG, auto-pilot and proximity warning. You may feel differently. That doesn't make you part of the problem. It just makes you another facet of the solution.
Last edited by fly911; 3rd Sep 2010 at 15:41.