Fixed Wing PilotAir Methods
Aircraft: PC12Location: US-WA-YakimaNon-type rated
Total Time2,500 hrs
PIC Time1,000 hrs
Jet Time500 hrs
About This Role
Air Methods (Airlift Northwest) air-medical Fixed Wing Pilot role in Yakima, WA, flying the PC-12 (IFR) single-engine turboprop. Responsible for ensuring aircraft and weather are airworthy to transport medical crew and patients, FAR/AIM/GOM compliance, pre-flight inspections, and detailed flight planning. 7/7 schedule, 12-hour shifts.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Operates Air Methods aircraft in a safe and legal manner.
- Completes pre-flight before every flight verifying the aircraft is in an airworthy condition by sign off of Daily Flight Log.
- Pilots will perform a complete walk around of the aircraft prior to entering the cockpit for flight and upon completion of each flight.
- Final authority with regard to operations of aircraft and for the safety of passengers, cargo and equipment.
- Must be thoroughly familiar with all aircraft and medical systems of backup aircraft utilized at operational area and also ensures that the medical flight team is familiar and comfortable with the medical interior and systems.
- Responsible for completion of required documentation.
- Able to conduct detailed flight planning with little notice to exacting standards.
- Participates regularly in Air Methods meetings, activities, projects, committees and community outreach.
Requirements
- Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Program: 2500 total flight hours with minimum of 2000 flight hours in category. 1000 hours PIC in category. 500 hours of cross-country flight time, at least 50 hours of which were at night. 500 hours of turbine time. 100 hours night flight time. 100 hours of flight in actual instrument conditions in category. ALNW Requirements: 2500 total flight hours with minimum of 2500 flight hours in category. 150 hours night flight time. 300 hours of flight in actual instrument conditions in category. 50 hours in make and model. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Instrument rating (for category and class of aircraft)(ATP rating in category meets this requirement). Fixed wing multiengine rating is required for twin-engine aircraft. Commercial single-engine land is required for single-engine aircraft. First OR Second Class FAA Medical certificate required. Education & Experience: Associate's degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school and two to five years' related experience and/or training
- or equivalent combination of education and experience. Bachelor's degree preferred. Pilots must have flown in category within the previous 24 months. As a member of the Flight Crew, any person employed in this position shall maintain a weight not to exceed 250 pounds and shall be less than seventy (70) years old.