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Old 7th Feb 2015, 15:42
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Jamair
 
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Shouldn't the nurse and doctor be suing Careflight, their employer?

It remains unclear to me, despite (or perhaps because of) reading all the voluminous tomes from the multiple investigations and associated inquiries, how this was considered an Airwork flight.

It is my understanding that the medical / travel insurer who paid for the flight for the patient, did not ring Pel-Air, they rang Careflight. Careflight then CHARTERED the aircraft and crew from Pel-Air. If Pel-Air were not the provider of the air ambulance service but only the aircraft and crew, then it was a CHARTER and the Airwork provisions for alternates do not apply. Can anyone clarify this?
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