As I said in the BK117 thread a while back - flying EMS at night without NVG should be phased out as a dangerous practice the old guys had to do. We should be already telling our younger pilots "...when I was a lad, we had to do this WITHOUT NVG!" and they would look at us in amazement that we could have been so brave. Instead, our regulatory bodies are making us continue to unecessarily risk our lives by not mandating NVG.
I reckon NVG are the biggest single safety improvement to HEMS ops since the helmet.
Well done Mike Tavcar for the thoroughness and level of your report, and especially the willingness to share this information for the good of all, rather than harbour it as a "knowledge is power" thing like so many others have. Bravo.
