EMS companies hiring

[puddy310]

I am applying to Omni, Med-Trans, and Air Evac...Does anybody have experience working for those companies?? I applied a few weeks ago and have not heard anything....I have over 2000 hours so I thought I would have heard something by now...Any info would be greatly appreciated...

[puddy310]

I know I posted an EMS question under ENG by mistake...My bad.

[Wally]

Follow up in a professional manner. Prepare for the brushoff, so put on your salesman shoes, HR and chief pilots are generally pretty busy.

If you're interested in a specific base, call or visit them, too. Bases generally don't do the hiring, but they'll have names and information on the process.

Air Methods Corp. has 4 publicly posted openings.

[puddy310]

Wally

 

Thanks..That's good advice. The only reason I did not mention Air Methods was because I am slightly short of 1000 Turbine hours, which is what they say they want...

[Goldy]

I am slightly short of 1000 Turbine hours, which is what they say they want...

 

Talking to a few of the decision makers at the last Heli-Expo, I wouldn't let that stop you from applying. Its just one piece of the puzzle.

[JDHelicopterPilot]

I agree with Goldy. While many operators look for pilots at their minimums that can be a little flexible with them.

 

I wouldn't apply though if you were far off from meeting them but if you are somewhat close it couldn't hurt. They will consider it in addition to other things you bring to the table such as your attitude and work ethic.

 

JD

[BOATFIXERGUY]

I am applying to Omni, Med-Trans, and Air Evac...Does anybody have experience working for those companies?? I applied a few weeks ago and have not heard anything....I have over 2000 hours so I thought I would have heard something by now...Any info would be greatly appreciated...

 

Well, did you get any calls yet?

[BOATFIXERGUY]

BUMP>>>

 

Puddy310, how did the search go?

[puddy310]

Boatfixerguy

 

I was almost hired, but then the comany that was about to hire me implemented a 220 pound weight limit so I missed out on that....I weigh 245..

Wow the whole industry is rough right now..

[Gomer Pylot]

At 245 pounds you're almost unemployable as a helicopter pilot, and should have known that before you spent the money. Every pound of pilot weight is a lost pound of payload, and employers will always hire the lighter pilot, all things being even close to equal. 200 is heavy, and above that the obstacles increase geometrically. 220 is the CAMTS limit, and pretty much the de facto limit.

[delorean]

220 lbs isn't a CAMTS limit.

 

But you're right about everything else......245 lbs is too big to be hired with anyone not flying a BK117.

[Waldorf]

I would look at P90X or slimfast and try to get below 220lbs.

[puddy310]

At 245 pounds you're almost unemployable as a helicopter pilot, and should have known that before you spent the money. Every pound of pilot weight is a lost pound of payload, and employers will always hire the lighter pilot, all things being even close to equal. 200 is heavy, and above that the obstacles increase geometrically. 220 is the CAMTS limit, and pretty much the de facto limit.

 

Ouch...lol....Thank you Gomer for the reminder...Your right though..at 6'4" 245, I probably went into the wrong profession...Though I had no problem flying in the Gulf...My height was much more of an issue than the weight, which is very hard to change. Hopefully in a few months I can get down to below 220..Many hours at the gym...

 

It's funny how when I was looking into flight schools they all told me that weight would be no issue, and some little tidbit about the job market being awesome because of the retiring vietnam pilots. I think that was the company marketing line for most schools..

[67november]

Ouch...lol....Thank you Gomer for the reminder...Your right though..at 6'4" 245, I probably went into the wrong profession...Though I had no problem flying in the Gulf...My height was much more of an issue than the weight, which is very hard to change. Hopefully in a few months I can get down to below 220..Many hours at the gym...

 

It's funny how when I was looking into flight schools they all told me that weight would be no issue, and some little tidbit about the job market being awesome because of the retiring vietnam pilots. I think that was the company marketing line for most schools..

 

I lost 30 lbs in just under a year, the hardest part to lose was the belly fat and us older men have a harder time getting rid of that.

see my topic "Pilot Health" in the general forum for my tips to help you out with your efforts.

[delorean]

When that weight policy went into effect, I filled out a Purchase/Check Request to the main office for a live stock scale.......we need it to weight some of the nurses.

 

www.cattlescale.com

[Gomer Pylot]

We have one medic who struggles to keep down to 270. He's paired with the largest nurse, and their combined weight is 500 lb. That doesn't leave much room for a patient, even though I'm the heaviest pilot at the base at 180 ready to fly. When a workover pilot shows up at 220, it's bad - pretty much pedi patients only, unless they reduce the fuel to almost nothing. 220 is the official new weight limit, but the ones already working will keep on, and I'm not convinced they can find enough med crewmembers less than the limit to cover everything, and they will probably keep on hiring over the limit for med crews, but probably not for pilots. Americans are simply fat, and keep on getting fatter.

[will]

it sounds like the industry will have to start purchasing larger/more powerful helicopters in the american market.

[Gomer Pylot]

Or else enforce the weight limits, and hire only lighter applicants, regardless of experience. That may apply to pilots and med crew. I ain't taking bets on that happening, though.

[delorean]

And how about getting rid of all the crap in the back we never use?!?!? We carry enough supplies to do three flights back-to-back and have never done so in the 6 years I've been here. We're rarely more than 20 minutes from our base, we do not need all of the 200+ lbs of medical supplies and equipment we carry.

 

Same goes for all the maps, books, & paperwork we have to carry. We never fly out of Missouri, so why do I have to carry AFDs for FL, WAC charts, etc? Obsolete equipment can go too......we have satellite tracking with a panic switch, yet we have an old 121.5 ELT.

 

And every person I work with is carrying an extra 20-100 lbs they could stand to lose.

[Gomer Pylot]

And that CAMTS-required survival pack. That's one of the most non-essential pieces of dead weight I've ever seen. We aren't in the Alaskan outback here, we're never more than a mile or so from a house or business, and with satellite tracking, we would be found long before we got hungry.

[delorean]

Hahahahah......yeah. When our aircraft was Illinois licensed, we were required to carry a fishing kit in addition to all the other standard crap. Because IL has such a vast network of lakes and rivers.

[Gomer Pylot]

Well, there is a fairly large lake adjacent to parts of Illinois, coming pretty close to Chicago, isn't there?