About This Role
Piloting helicopters to transport medical crews and patients to hospitals is the core of this job, ensuring safe operations under all conditions. This role suits an experienced pilot committed to safety and compliance with aviation regulations.
Responsibilities
- Operate Air Methods aircraft in a safe and legal manner
- Complete pre-flight before every flight, verifying the aircraft is in an airworthy condition by signing off the Daily Flight Log
- Perform a complete walk around of the aircraft prior to entering the cockpit for flight and upon completion of each flight
- Serve as the final authority with regard to operations of aircraft and for the safety of passengers, cargo, and equipment
- Be thoroughly familiar with all aircraft and medical systems of backup aircraft utilized at the operational area, and ensure the medical flight team is familiar and comfortable with the medical interior and systems
- Complete required documentation
- Conduct detailed flight planning with little notice to exacting standards
- Participate regularly in Air Methods meetings, activities, projects, committees, and community outreach
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Associate's degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school and two to five years' related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Maintain a weight not to exceed 250 pounds
- Be less than seventy (70) years old
- Have flown in category for a commercial operator or in the military within the previous 24 months
- Maintain positive interpersonal relationships with colleagues, EMS representatives, hospitals, and the public and strive to maintain a friendly and professional working environment
- 2000 total flight hours with minimum of 1500 flight hours in category
- 1000 hours PIC in category
- 500 hours of rotor wing turbine time
- 200 hours of cross-country flight time, at least 50 hours of which were at night
- 100 hours unaided night as PIC (50 hours of unaided can be substituted for by 100 hours of NVG time, but cannot be reduced below 50 hours of unaided time)
- 50 hours total actual or hood instrument time in flight and in category (simulator time does not count) (for a RW candidate who is FW rated, 100 hours or greater of FW actual or hood Instrument time can reduce the RW required instrument time to 25 hours)
- Commercial & Instrument Rating (for category and class of aircraft)
- First OR Second Class FAA Medical certificate required
Nice to have:
- Bachelor's degree preferred
- ATP rating in category meets this requirement
