About This Role
Air Methods Pilots is hiring a Fixed Wing Pilot in Las Cruces, New Mexico, to operate a Native Air PC12 under IFR for air-medical transport. The pilot transports medical crews and patients safely within the assigned operational area, maintains compliance with FAA regulations and company operating procedures, and serves as the final authority for aircraft, passenger, cargo, and equipment safety. The position offers a 7 days on/7 days off schedule with 12-hour shifts.
Duties & Responsibilities
- The pilot operates Air Methods aircraft safely and legally and completes a pre-flight inspection before every flight, signing the Daily Flight Log to verify airworthiness.
- Pilots conduct a full aircraft walk-around before entering the cockpit and again after each flight, and retain final operational authority for the safety of passengers, cargo, and equipment.
- The role requires thorough familiarity with the aircraft and medical systems of backup aircraft in the operational area, as well as ensuring that the medical flight team is comfortable with the medical interior and systems.
- The pilot completes required documentation, performs detailed flight planning with little notice and to exacting standards, participates in Air Methods meetings, activities, projects, committees, and community outreach, and performs other assigned duties.
What We Offer
Compensation includes a salary range of $82,900-$93,251, a $60,000 stipend, a $3,000 IFR stipend, and an experience stipend of up to $12,000. Benefits include health, dental, and vision coveragea competitive 401(k) retirement planflexible spending account benefit planstuition reimbursementcompany-paid life insuranceAD&D insuranceshort- and long-term disability insurancebusiness travel accident insurancevoluntary legal benefitsrelocation assistanceand employee assistance and benefit concierge programs.
Requirements
- Applicants must have an associate degree or equivalent education from a two-year college or technical school, together with two to five years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- A bachelor's degree is preferred.
- The pilot must maintain a weight of no more than 250 pounds, be under 70 years old, and have flown in category within the previous 24 months.
- IFR qualifications require 2500 total flight hours, at least 2000 hours in category, 1000 PIC hours in category, 500 hours of cross-country flight time including 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.
- Required credentials include an instrument rating for the applicable category and class, a fixed-wing multiengine rating for twin-engine aircraft, commercial single-engine land qualification for single-engine aircraft, and a First or Second Class FAA Medical certificate.
- An ATP rating in category may satisfy the instrument-rating requirement.