William to fly air ambulance
 

BBC News - Prince William to join East Anglian Air Ambulance

Good on him say I. :D

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I agree ... Well done Sir :ok:

Good on him, I wonder if they will be able to claim his tax back? Otherwise they will still be paying out tax and NI on the money they will be getting back... Funny old world.

I, for one, salute his intent and commitment to his chosen profession. The salary to charity will hopefully return to the service he will work for, perhaps allowing them to recruit yet another pilot. I know its a stupid statement, but if you read the comments about this in the papers, there appear to be a lot of anti royals, with great big "I won't allow this bloke any good publicity" chips on their shoulders posting. It's a win all round for my money, not least that he will give the charity some real sponsorship. Well done Bill Wales:ok:

Smudge:ok:

IDS must be really chuffed. His 'back to work' welfare initiatives are really working!

Good for him! I'm assuming he's a higher rate tax payer. Maybe he can "deed/gift of covenant" (whatever it is called) and give back more than he gets? (Not a tax lawyer, but signed up at recent museum visit and glad to contribute)

I presume he will have to obtain a CPL (H) or whatever it is called now.

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Press release

NutLoose wrote:To be honest, who gives a $hit? Good for you, Wills!

going to be a little crowded in there with his personal protective officer!

You mean HRH has someone to carry his johnnies around for him?

Great decision - good luck to him!

I'd imagine in that case he's going to fly their new EC145 rather than the EC135. the 145 can carry 5 crew rather than the 135's 3.

The Rotorheads forum has been bantering on about this since May - with a lot of whinging and Royal-bashing, of course: http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/540...ambulance.html

Good on that man, he could have quiet easily took on full royal duties , going around the world,shaking hands and opening facility's full time.
But he has decided to put his training to good use ,
Although am sure it's a bit of a headache for his protection team but like all professionals they will work around him.

He clearly hasn't read CAP804 - by my reckoning he could get a frozen ATPL in 9 hrs minimum (military credits). I suppose some of that is to pass the exams - surprised the press haven't picked up on the fact it is taking 5 months for him to learn something he already knows how to do - fly a helicopter

If he needs to have a personal protection officer with him surely this guy should have some qualification making him a useful member of the crew, e.g. paramedic, and probably the rest of the crew will be expected to assist with p.p. if necessary.

An armed Air Ambulance! Whatever next?

This is one of the qualifications available for a police CP officer .Authorised firearms officer medical enhanced trainingFirst Aid Training Courses Essex, London & Herts | In house

This is offered by a private company but many forces ,I know PSNI ,two friends of mine have it, and I would guess the Met provide it in house. So very useful to have onboard.

Outstanding. Very well done. :ok:

We'll done Sir:D
Perhaps this will highlight the daft situation which requires the Air Ambulance fleet to pay VAT on the fuel it uses:mad: