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"HAA is the worst job on earth" Well, no- after 16 years on the job.





"HAA is the worst job on earth" Well, no- after 16 years on the job.  

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Author: olderendirt   Date: 7/15/2021 1:20:38 PM  +3/-0   Show Orig. Msg (this window) Or  In New Window

Boring? Oh yeah. You don't fly a lot. Last I looked, 150 hours a year was about average.


The typical transport is, or was at my base 20 minutes to the patient, so minutes to receiving and 20 minutes home. A week on and a week off, that's almost 1 hour flight a day. Come to HEMS with 1500 hours and you could easily fly 20 more years and not bust 5000, a pretty middling amount of experience spread over decades.


If you're an old or experienced pilot and there's a GOOD base near you, consider it. A 'good' base is run by a good company, with good management, good (and maintained) equipment, good check airman who fly the line, good mechanic and especially a good medical manager who knows what's what on that side. That cuts down on the melodrama remarkably.

 
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