Prince William for Air Ambulance?

[aeromys]

But would he make the tea?

[SilsoeSid]

No need for a police helicopter, his brother will do the escort job with an AH-64 Apache

Not any more he won't

In some force areas, sorry regions, Apache can already be called to assist;


This is not a pic of a recent firearms job!

He'd be better off in an NPAS a/c as another poster mentioned, as those crews don't have to land in housing estates like the HEMS a/c.

Mmm, so when the case arises where they need to, operational effectiveness would be affected

Didn't someone mention a drivers job going in the NPAS thread?
His protection sidekicks could get a job as observers. Now there's a thought

Here's another thought, protection sidekicks aren't civvies

But would he make the tea?

If he did, he would be letting the side down
Some take great pleasure in having brews made for them by coppers, no matter what extra ingredients may be added


There is one really, really big reason why you wouldn't see 'yer mon' in an NPAS helicopter ......

[Granny]

At last a royal that obviously has a backbone and -instead of trotting around opening day care centers shagging his old girlfriends and getting drunk at the polo,he might actually contribute something to society other than fodder for the tabloids.
It won't last though!

[Rhys 01]

Good on William and Harry both have worked hard and aren’t hiding under the royal blanket. They are both doing something they enjoy and doing what most of us would love to do but will / may never get the chance too.
I'm not a Royalist but credit were credit is due, there are plenty of people with wealth and power who do nothing but take, good to see the two young royals mucking in

[skadi]

Quote:
No need for a police helicopter, his brother will do the escort job with an AH-64 Apache
Not any more he won't

SilsoeSid, my input was a pure joke, where is your british sense of humor?

skadi

[SilsoeSid]

SilsoeSid, my input was a pure joke, where is your british sense of humor?

It's directly underneath the bit that you quoted

[Filtre de fadaises]

TC & others come with the right attitude, these two brothers are boosting pride in Britain with their personable, modern & hard-working approach to their duties & destiny.

Whilst flying AA might need to be shared around for security purposes, as has been said it would raise the profile of AA-UK nicely. I wonder if flying for NPAS would improve the perception, 'cos it sounds as if they could do with a pick-up a lot more than AA!!

[Brilliant Stuff]

Just to add my 2 pennies, I have been told by people who met William recently that he is a helicopter fanatic through and through like the rest of us. I for one am not surprised he wants to return to flying. As for stealing a job, he will generate loads of jobs because he will champion our trade without even trying. What a coup it would be for the industry to have him fly with us.


As for him flying for NPAS it could go two ways either it would be a serious turnaround for NPAS and it would become the gold standard it was originally set out many many many moons ago or it goes down the swanny....

[SilsoeSid]

2nd in line to the throne, single pilot, no FDR/CVR/HUMS, you can just imagine the fallout should something happen!

[rantanplane]

Oh dear and he will be flying euro, ahem easa, uups airbus copters ?
The truth is that a brilliant pilot will be flying a brilliant aircraft. A great chance that HEMS in the UK will get the attention and understanding it really deserves and desperately needs

[Art of flight]

I think it's a great idea.....Royals doing their bit for a charity and helping to save lives. The worries about security are a little wide of the mark in that by the time the AA arrives at a job, local police/pcso/fire service are often at the scene if it's an urban type environment. If it's more rural (horse rider/walker/farm worker) then there's normally no Prince hating gang lying in wait for years just in case. At an outside chance there could be a set-up so jobs would need to be vetted to reduce risk and no doubt the local police force/protection officers would need to be inside the tasking loop. As for the NPAS option, why not? The only little detail there would be HRH staying out of court appearances as a witness to L@ser incidents etc.

[jimf671]

Surely the place to put him in the UK Air Ambulance scene is Helimed 2. Government contract for a start. You won't get thronging crowds of rubber neckers on the Broadford airstrip or the shinty pitch at KLB. Once his tame spooks have tried asking a bunch of crofters for photo ID a few times they'll understand how pointless it is and maybe bugger off.

[diginagain]

He should be fine, as long as he's accompanied by someone who can tell the difference between the amber and the red CWP captions.

[SilsoeSid]

diginagain;
He should be fine, as long as he's accompanied by someone who can tell the difference between the amber and the red CWP captions.

Considering that all the warnings on the 'Warning Panel' are red, and all the cautions on the 'Cautions and Advisories Display' are yellow, not to mention that these displays are located in clearly different positions ... this shouldn't be too much of a problem

[SilsoeSid]

Hedski;
He flew 3 years SAR and training before that. Does he have the actual hours most air ambulance operators require?

Prince William completes search and rescue tour of duty in Wales | South Wales Evening Post

His flying career followed the path of all newly-graduated pilots, serving initially as a co-pilot before progressing through a range of qualifications to become an operational aircraft Captain on May 30, 2012.

He got a total of 1,301 flying hours under his belt in a range of aircraft, including the Tucano fixed-wing training aircraft, followed by more flying in the Squirrel, Griffin and Sea King helicopters.

During his three years of operational search and rescue flying he has accumulated 628 hours and 30 minutes flying in the yellow Sea King helicopter — equal to his fellow Sea King pilots.

During this time he spent with the service, he devoted 231 hours and 25 minutes conducting 156 individual search and rescue operations.

It led to 149 people being rescued, often when no other hope existed of extracting them safely from the situation they were in.

Seems like he has some pretty good quality hours under his belt. Although probably not 'enough' in some eyes here, but who dictates what hours are required? Besides, it would appear he is well qualified in the hours dept.

Qualifications needed to become pilot ? Devon Air Ambulance Trust Blog
or
HEMS PILOT ? Filton, North Bristol | Bond Aviation Group

[diginagain]

That's alright then.

[Sloppy Link]

Bering, take him on as FO or SFO until he has the required hours/qualifications/experience for Captain, a path he has already trod in his Service career.
Look for solutions, not problems.

[MOSTAFA]

Pro tem solutions end up as permanent problems in this business.

[Sloppy Link]

No. Treading the accepted path of FO/SFO/Capt is not pro tem but is modus operandi.

(No more Latin please, I can only answer by asking my daughter to translate, my publicly approved education didn't run to the classics)

[Senior Pilot]

Originally Posted by aeromys

But would he make the tea?

Looks like he already knows how