Air Evac Helo jobs

The hardest thing about the job, as I'm sure you'd understand, given your background, was saying "no". And I was doing the fuzzy version with ILSes and all that. If I were running things, the VFR helo guys would get paid like Vlad Putin's secretary. I won't call them "heroes", because that's ridiculous (plus I had a lot of long conversations with those guys about how ridiculous it was to call them "heroes", so they'd probably beat me up for saying it), but they're whatever is just shy of that, in my book. Let's just leave it at "I think they do an incredibly difficult and dangerous job without anything like the level of appreciation and remuneration said job deserves". More to the point, though, here's to your buddy. I don't pray, but I do drink, so this one's for him/her.
 
z987k said:
Really? Have you seen the restrictions they have? Usually the fixed wing can go in way worse conditions.

That said, ALNW does fly IFR rotor. Methods' crew.
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Look that up again. VFR to VFR a helicopter has lower restrictions than fixed wing and in IFR, other than known icing, helicopters operate with the same restrictions as fixed.
 
Retired in SAN said:
Look that up again. VFR to VFR a helicopter has lower restrictions than fixed wing and in IFR, other than known icing, helicopters operate with the same restrictions as fixed.
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Except HEMS, who has considerably higher restrictions. The VFR guys I flew with were 5000-5 for night VFR. That astounded me considering what I'd see the batcrap crazy coasties doing.
Our one medevac fixed wing base has the sole purpose of backing up the helo, that is, when the helicopter can't go because of weather or range, the fixed wing goes.
 
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z987k said:
Except HEMS, who has considerably higher restrictions. The VFR guys I flew with were 5000-5 for night VFR. That astounded me considering what I'd see the batcrap crazy coasties doing.
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IMS, it's all dependent on the Opspecs. And even the most restrictive of Opspecs can be "gamed". I've certainly seen guys straight out of like Sightseeing who wouldn't take off in a strong breeze, but I've also seen guys who should be in the "Most Interesting Man In The World" commercials blast off and barely clear the light stanchions, laughing about it later because "well, •, you should have seen 'Nam". No, sorry, they're at the top of the ole Pyramid in my book. "And nobody knew their names..." etc etc.
 
Boris Badenov said:
I have to chortle a bit at the complaints about pay for Riddle Rats pressing some buttons under direct supervision when I think about all the HEMS dudes out there making the go/no call at 2am in an aircraft no sane person would get in to in the first place on the best of days. I feel very lucky indeed to have worked with those nutters. Hope your friend pulls through.
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Some say the same about those crazy PC12 pilots. ;)
 
dustoff17 said:
That's with 7/7 shift work. That's pretty good pay and a pretty good QOL if you live at/near your base. Plenty of time for a home business, another side job, hobby, and family.
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Additionally, at least at Air Methods the base salary is multiplied based on a neutral cost of living ( ACCRA - set to Denver, CO) -- for example, if you were at the Carlsbad, CA base you would get 1.6 times the base salary.
 
The job listings online specify experience in a certain airframe (i.e. B407, AS350 ect.) is preferred. Does anyone know if not having experience in their equipment make it unlikely you'll be hired if you meet all the other requirements?
 
Low_Level_Hell said:
Thanks. Hope that will be the case 5 years from now.
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Makes one wonder with Obamacare, I have applied for several AMC positions in the past without a response. I have plenty of turbine PIC but no Helo actual IFR. If you can show the 75 hours or more, you should have a better shot. Although, I hear from several friends who work there say that organization in HR is a nightmare.. Best bet if you can stomach the crap is watch the JH website.

Good luck!
 
In their last financials they noted how Obamacare will be beneficial to their business. If you look at their model in MA (which has had an ObamaCare style system for a while), I believe it will be true.
 
Last I heard they were without a CP. With the ACCRA the guys in So Cal do quite well. Especially here in CRQ. Would love a piece of that.
 
Any word from any Air Methods people about this recent deal with Bell to pick up 200 BH407's?

Ive head from local guys that they may be looking to get out of the multi-engine 135/145's and do more VFR runs in single engine.
 
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