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Having been an EMS pilot, I am asked many questions about the job. I felt it only right to answer some of these common questions. "Can you tell me a typical day on the job as an EMS pilot?" On a typical day, you show up and talk to the pilot that you are relieving. The first thing you do, go down and preflight the aircraft. Get the aircraft ready to go for the day. Check in and look at weather. You have to have everything ready to go so that, when that call comes in, you are ready. After that, it's pretty much watch TV, sleep, eat, read, get on the computer, pretty much do whatever you want to do. If and when a call comes in, you go out to the helicopter and you fly Point A to B and try to transport the patient in the safest manner that you can.
"What was your favorite part of the Helicopter EMS Pilot Job?
My favorite part of the job, flying a $6 million aircraft! THAT was pretty cool. We had good maintenance and good equipment. I worked for a good company that I was proud to work for. The favorite part would be when we actually went out to fly. What was the least favorite part? That would definitely the hours, and hours (and HOURS), of doing nothing. The next thing that comes to mind is being watched over by hospital personnel that know nothing about helicopters or helicopter operations. Some of them want to dissect every move that you make and play armchair quarterback. We do not get involved in what they are doing in the back with the medical situation, but they all sure seemed like they need to get involved in what we were doing.
"What surprised you the most when you started working in the EMS field?" Well, because I had a background in emergency services with the police department and fire department, there were a few things I had to get used to. When I first went to interview for the job, the base manager knew my history and he said, "This is going to be a little bit different. You are used to rushing to the fire truck or rushing to the police car. In helicopter EMS, we do not rush. We walk to the helicopter. We walk to the helicopter, do a walk around. We climb in. We put our seatbelts on. We go through a step-by-step checklist to make sure everything's good to go. Then, when we're ready, we are flying from Point A to Point B as if we're hauling cargo." Now, the people in the EMS side of things, they have a hard time swallowing that because, to them, it is a medical emergency. To us, as the pilot, it is not. If you think about it, this makes sense. The person flying the aircraft needs to stay calm, needs to focus on his job. If he lets the emergency get to him and come into play, he takes chances, he takes risks, and he skips certain operations that end up causing real problems.
"What are employers typically looking for when hiring people in this line of work?" Well, I am not an employer, but I would say, at this point, they are looking for qualified people. We know the Vietnam veterans are retiring and those jobs are opening up. So, I think, in general, can you do the job? Do you have the qualifications? There is another problem in this industry of people faking time in their logbooks. As everybody hears about the pilot shortage, more and more people are tempted to fake their time to get in and get to the job. Well, you need that experience. You need that time under your belt to get in this line of work and have the experience necessary. I would say good quality people that actually have the required experience you need to do the job and do it right.

"What was the work schedule like?" The work schedule was cool. We did seven days on, seven days off. We would work seven days of day shifts, we would have a week off, and then we would have seven night shifts. Those seven days did make the workweek very long, but it was sure nice having seven days off. The biggest problem was switching from days to nights. They would say, "Well, when you're switching from days to nights, during that week, stay up a little later each night, and sleep in a little bit more the next day to help get your sleep pattern moved around. That will help you get through your week." Me, personally, working nights off and on for years in all different types of emergency services, I do not think you ever get used to working nights.

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