Good for them bad for me

[brian434]

So I've worked 19 nights this month and only actually got two calls. Is EMS normally this slow? I am on track over the last two months to only get around 100 hrs per year.

 

[Mike H]

I could toss a bucket of golf balls out the car window on I-25 some night if that would help. You'd have to pay for the balls, though

 

[deadstick]

Not a time building job. Never has been.

 

[Beep]

19 nights out of 22 so far? That doesn't seem like very many days off. Is that typical for air ambulance operators?

 

[brian434]

19 nights out of 22 so far? That doesn't seem like very many days off. Is that typical for air ambulance operators?

Nope I am helping another pilot out working some of his shifts so he can head out of town.

 

[brian434]

Not a time building job. Never has been.

No joke! I even got a camp fire going last night thinking that would be the perfect time for the phone to ring. My antics didn't work!

 

[Beep]

Ah, groovy.

 

[brian434]

Politics seem to be slowing us down a bit here too. There is some bad blood between the local hospital and the company. Nothing a little extra grease couldn't fix.

 

[ljg]

No joke! I even got a camp fire going last night thinking that would be the perfect time for the phone to ring. My antics didn't work!

"Head to bed" with your wife or girlfriend. I promise you that will do the trick.

 

[Pay2]

100 hrs/year sounds about right. Our rotor pilots have been averaging 75 hrs/year. EMS is a QOL job not time building.

 

[brian434]

"Head to bed" with your wife or girlfriend. I promise you that will do the trick.

Even if it didn't work I don't think there is a better way to spend and evening without flying.

 

[Rudabega]

You could always download flight simulator on your laptop. ;-)

 

[brian434]

I can't even get telemarketers to call the "bat phone." It's been snail pace slow around here. So slow I took on the project of painting the hood on our beater. Now I need to take up basket weaving or wood working.

 

[NickH]

Last month was slow.. I think I did about 13 hours in 19 days. Usually do about twice that.

Airplane Project!

 

[brian434]

I have 30 hours since I started 2.5 months ago. FAIL

 

[pryd67]

If anybody is interested, Stanford Health is hiring fixed wing pilot for their Fargo location. I am unfortunately 150 H short of TT minimums, bummer.

Fixed Wing Pilot (Part-time) Fargo location

Tracking Code
223483-046

Job Description
Part-time, 40 hours per 2 week pay period
Fargo Location

1. Minimum of 2,000 fixed-wing flight hours

2. Minimum of 500 multi-engine hours, with turbine time desired

Must possess an Airline Pilot license with Multi-Engine and Instrument rating.

Required Credentials (Licensure, Certification, or Registration)

Must possess a current commercial certificate with an Instrument rating which will be tracked and verified by Intensive Air Program Manager.

Job Location
Sioux Falls, SD, US.

Position Type
Part-Time

Shift Description
12 hour shift

The position requires work during
Evenings, Various, Holidays, Nights, Days

 

[GypsyPilot]

I have 30 hours since I started 2.5 months ago. FAIL

Some of these jobs are pretty tough when you're trying to build time... That's part of the reason I left my corporate job... I had 2000 hours and was only flying 200 hours/year.

 

[deadstick]

EMS is a QOL job not time building.

Individual results may vary.

Having a 7/7 schedule planned for the entire year -- PRICELESS.

 

[TFaudree_ERAU]

Some of these jobs are pretty tough when you're trying to build time... That's part of the reason I left my corporate job... I had 2000 hours and was only flying 200 hours/year.

I'm probably on pace for 250 this year. I feel like I sit on my ass all the time...and I LOVE it. My new career goal is to always be gainfully employed, and retire with less than 10,000 hours and a single digit golf handicap.

 

[Mike H]

Required Credentials (Licensure, Certification, or Registration)

Must possess a current commercial certificate with an Instrument rating which will be tracked and verified by Intensive Air Program Manager.

what does this even mean?