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Old 16th Jan 2014, 16:35
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Speaking of single pilot ops..

The irony in this is that once you got big enough ships, you are required to have dual crew, even if the operations are not nearly as hazardous as EMS flying can be, escpesially in mountainious countries.

If there are any operations that should have two pilots, its such one as this. Clearly, it works well most of the time (2004 was the last accident they had, wihtout fatalities, 1996 with fatalities).

But the question they should ask them self is:

Is it really worth the money saved on single pilot ops when we
have loss of lives that could have been avoided?
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