all single pilot in a B200.
Certainly one of the most demanding jobs in aviation in Australia. Beats me though why they don't carry two pilots as the environment surely often tests a single pilot to his limits.
I recall from many years ago the Essendon branch of the RFDS or Aerial Ambulance, employed a Swiss national who had thousands of hours on the King Air. He resigned after three weeks saying it was crazy flying single pilot in the RFDS environment. He had been used to doing the same job in Europe where the regulations required a two pilot crew for all multi-engine turbine ops.
In retrospect, it was possible that RFDS two pilot ops could well prevented the death of an RFDS pilot who was killed several years ago, while on final approach at night to Mt Gambier. He was highly experienced. ATSB was unable to pin down the cause of the crash which happened 4 miles out on final and a witness seeing the landing lights.
The weather at the time (mist, light rain and very dark) was conducive to erroneous indications by the T-VASIS due light signal refraction caused by high moisture. It was later revealed that the Mount Gambier T-VASIS was well known by local pilots for this problem.