The majority of EMQ aircrewmen have no flight qualifications, nor requirements for same - although they do operate in a quasi co-pilot role at times. The requirements as I recall are something like winch operator certification with x number of logged winch missions, plus senior first aid, aircrewman certificate, HUET, and the usual government warm and fuzzy crap.
Look up some of the NGOs like Lloyds, Chatham, and the other assorted CHPs.
You're probably better off repositioning this thread to ROTORHEADS; they would probably be much better informed and able to advise than the GA community.
Last edited by Al Fentanyl; 9th Oct 2010 at 02:23.