NTSB Hearing on Most Wanted: Improve the Safety of EMS Flights
There are fewer accidents I believe.....or at least they are not making the news as frequently.
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HEMS Accident Rate
The industry is paying more attention to detail, flying less, and enjoying fewer collisions with weather related difficulties due to increased VFR minimums. As to all the other fixes time will tell.
Get a bucket of Salt and have it handy when you read this FAA Fact Sheet. They make some statements applauding themselves, particularly about encouraging the adoption of NVG technology, that stretch the truth just a wee bit.
What I did find interesting is the Date Bench Marks they use....and how slowly things happen within that bureaucracy. The untold side of the story is how "helicopter only" Inspectors used to suffer under the promotional system and in some ways that became a deadend street for those seeking advancement.
Yes... there have been improvements...but a review of the history of FAA progress despite the strong recommendations of the NTSB...leaves one a bit cold and not at all warm and fuzzy about the FAA's rate of change.
The sad commentary is the American EMS Industry had to be dragged kicking and screaming into making so many of these changes despite the horrible toll in lives and machines they were experiencing in the daily operations.
Fact Sheet – Helicopter Emergency Medical Service Safety
What I did find interesting is the Date Bench Marks they use....and how slowly things happen within that bureaucracy. The untold side of the story is how "helicopter only" Inspectors used to suffer under the promotional system and in some ways that became a deadend street for those seeking advancement.
Yes... there have been improvements...but a review of the history of FAA progress despite the strong recommendations of the NTSB...leaves one a bit cold and not at all warm and fuzzy about the FAA's rate of change.
The sad commentary is the American EMS Industry had to be dragged kicking and screaming into making so many of these changes despite the horrible toll in lives and machines they were experiencing in the daily operations.
Fact Sheet – Helicopter Emergency Medical Service Safety
