{"id":6438,"date":"2013-06-25T14:31:06","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T14:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/dup-courses\/"},"modified":"2013-11-01T23:07:29","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T23:07:29","slug":"pilot","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/pilot\/","title":{"rendered":"EMS PILOT"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>What EMS Pilots Do<\/h1>\n<p>Emergency Medical Services (EMS) pilots transport patients from accident scenes to hospitals, and from hospital to hospital. EMS pilots are responsible for the safe operation of complex airplanes and helicopters.<\/p>\n<p>EMS pilots work closely with medical professions on board their aircraft. A typical flight team consists of one EMS pilot, one flight nurse and one flight paramedic. Ultimately, all things related to safety of flight are the EMS pilot&#8217;s responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>What EMS Pilots Get Paid<\/h1>\n<p>In May 2010, median annual wages of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers were $103,210, and median annual wages of commercial pilots were $67,500. \u00a0The best estimate for helicopter pilots is the $67,500 annual wage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>What Qualifications EMS Pilots Need<\/h1>\n<p>FAA Commercial Helicopter Certificate with Instrument Helicopter Rating<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 BA or BS degree preferred<br \/>\n\u2022 2000 hours helicopter (VFR assignment); 1000 hours turbine<br \/>\n\u2022 2500 hours helicopter (IFR assignment); 1000 hours turbine<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 100+ hours of unaided night time in helicopters<br \/>\n\u2022 50 hours of actual or hood (in the aircraft) instrument time<br \/>\nin helicopters (VFR assignment)<br \/>\n\u2022 100 hours of actual IFR time in helicopters (IFR\u00a0assignment)<br \/>\n\u2022 Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) Certificate is preferred by some operators. \u00a0Some operators require pilots to obtain their rotor wing ATP within 12\u00a0months of their hire date.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Each pilot must maintain currency in the proposed aircraft\u00a0and receives recurrent training every six months, together\u00a0with a Part 135 VFR and IFR flight check (as appropriate).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Excellent interpersonal skills<br \/>\n\u2022 Mountain experience is required for pilots assigned to certain mountainous regions.<br \/>\n\u2022 FAA second class flight physical (some contracts require a first class medical)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What EMS Pilots Do Emergency Medical Services (EMS) pilots transport patients from accident scenes to hospitals, and from hospital to hospital. EMS pilots are responsible for the safe operation of complex airplanes and helicopters. EMS pilots work closely with medical professions on board their aircraft. A typical flight team consists of one EMS pilot, one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6438"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=6438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}