if you could remove the uncertainty of the military shift plot (due to undermanning) and reinstate their previous wages then I suspect a few would jump back.

It's irrelevant since it won't ever happen now SAR has been removed from the military but not everyone is happy with how Bristow is run - it's certainly not a meritocracy.

It is an amazing job but when there is only one employer in town there isn't really a choice who you work for.

12 - 15 x 11.25 Hr shifts per month (Annualised Rota). I would imagine the weekly hours would be fairly similar as the SAR guys & gals do 24 HR shifts.

That's recruitment finished for the cadetship. Does anyone know if a large amount of paramedics applied? Or did the pay put people off?

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Yep just waiting to hear

Good luck, maybe you are best placed to say what the interest was then??

Interesting job...Heard bristows decent employer and look after staff better than nhs. Pay is low but can easily supplement that with bank paramedic work

I believe that there are single digit places and that there were 200+ applicants.

4 places I have heard.

it will add problems when the cadets are ghosting shifts to gain experience as they won't, as I understand it, be classed as technical crew because they aren't fully trained and are therefore passengers on operational SAR flights.

I suspect it will depend on what the SAR AOC allows them to do with pax on board - apart from that you have another untrained person for the crew to look after.

Just passing on thoughts from someone who had concerns.

its no different then when they carry a Mid wife or road ambulance paramedic. At least its a fully qualified Paramedic that is learning the air skills and isnt frightened of a bit of blood.

But they don't generally carry those people to the job and have them on board for the riskier elements of it.

Another question might be who pays for their training hours? While they can, perhaps, ride along on crew training and SAROps, any training hours dedicated to them can't be revenue flights and MCA have only paid for hours to keep the present crews current, not to train new ones.

Just asking....

Just to add, heard the Newquay S92 go out early this morning to rescue 6 fishermen from a boat off Lands End in 6M waves and very strong winds.

Great job guys:ok:

Would be interested to see what a cadet would make of that job watching the winchman trying to get aboard and thinking 'Oooer, that could be me next time' :)

aircraft "tasked "to SAR missions are Under the ANO and not easa regulated. All other flights are easa regulated unless Brexit changes that.