About This Role
Air Methods is hiring a regular full-time, non-remote Fixed Wing Pilot in Rapid City, South Dakota, for the Black Hills Life Flight PC12 (IFR) operation. The air-medical role supports service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, ensuring aircraft and weather conditions are airworthy and transporting the medical crew and patient to a receiving hospital within an assigned operational area. The pilot has final authority for aircraft operations and the safety of passengers, cargo and equipment, follows FAR, AIM, GOM and Air Methods procedures, and works a 7/7 schedule with 12-hour shifts.
Duties & Responsibilities
- The pilot is responsible for determining that the aircraft and weather conditions are airworthy before transporting medical crew and patients to receiving hospitals within the assigned operational area. Duties include operating Air Methods aircraft safely and legally
- complying with Federal Aviation Regulations, the Aeronautical Information Manual, General Operations Manual guidelines and company procedures
- completing the pre-flight inspection and signing off the Daily Flight Log
- and performing a complete aircraft walk-around before entering the cockpit and after each flight. The pilot retains final authority over aircraft operations and the safety of passengers, cargo and equipment, must understand the aircraft and medical systems of backup aircraft, and must ensure the medical flight team is familiar and comfortable with the medical interior and systems. The role also requires completion of flight documentation, detailed flight planning on short notice to exacting standards, regular participation in meetings, activities, projects, committees and community outreach, and performance of other assigned duties. The posting states that the position has no supervisory responsibilities.
What We Offer
The posting advertises a salary range of USD $82,900-$93,251, plus a $12,000 experience stipend, a $3,000 IFR stipend, a $40,000 base stipend, off-duty housing, and a $15,000 sign-on bonus.The pay scale is based upon flight and EMS experience.Air Methods lists health, dental and vision coverage, a competitive 401(k) retirement plan, flexible spending account benefit plans, tuition reimbursement, full company-paid life insurance, AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, business travel accident insurance, voluntary legal coverage, relocation assistance, and employee assistance and benefit concierge service programs.
Requirements
- Candidates for the IFR Program must have 2,500 total flight hours, including at least 2,000 hours in category, 1,000 PIC hours in category, 500 hours of cross-country flight time with at least 50 hours at night, 500 hours of turbine time, 100 hours of night flight time, and 100 hours in actual instrument conditions in category. Pilots must have flown in category within the previous 24 months. The certificates section requires an instrument rating for the applicable category and class, with an ATP rating in category satisfying that requirement. A fixed-wing multiengine rating is required for twin-engine aircraft, while commercial single-engine land is required for single-engine aircraft
- a first- or second-class FAA medical certificate is also required. Education requirements are an associate's degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school and two to five years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination
- a bachelor's degree is preferred. The position requires a weight not exceeding 250 pounds, an age under 70, regular attendance on the 7/7, 12-hour-shift schedule, and positive professional relationships with colleagues, EMS representatives, hospitals and the public.