Original Message

And now the pendulum has swung the opposite way where medcrew think any cloud in the sky will get you killed.  If an airfield blue on ForeFlight it's a no-go despite the face that it might actually reading 10SM and 2800'.  "Green to go; otherwise no"  

Our competitors next door have call volumes averaging 60 a month wheras ours is 40 a month all because of medcrew "weather comfortability".  1500 and 5 is MORE than safe to fly (non-mountainous) yet even then it takes the pilots coaxing them to go.  Once they're up they realize it's completely fine, but their attitude doesn't change. 

Medcrew are briefed somewhere that helicopters go IIMC every week and are falling out of the sky (while doing an actual HAA flight) at about the same rate.  

Someone needs to do an education brief on safety stats over the past 5 years.  The year 2006 stupidity has passed. 

The idea of being paid by call volume is ridiculous and a very dangerous idea.  I'm just ranting on that topic for the sake of it (because it truly affects our profitability; hence, pay).