About This Role
Fixed-wing EMS air medical pilot pool position operating PC12, PC12NGX and BE200 aircraft under IFR. Pilots may live anywhere in the western half of the country and are assigned nationwide to a base where Air Methods has an operational need. The role transports medical crews and patients safely to receiving hospitals while maintaining compliance with FAA regulations, the AIM, the General Operations Manual and Air Methods procedures.
Duties & Responsibilities
- The pilot operates Air Methods aircraft safely and legally and completes a pre-flight inspection before every flight, including signing off the Daily Flight Log and conducting a full aircraft walk-around before entering the cockpit and after each flight.
- The pilot has final authority over aircraft operations and the safety of passengers, cargo and equipment.
- Duties include maintaining thorough familiarity with the aircraft and medical systems of backup aircraft, ensuring the medical flight team is comfortable with the medical interior and systems, completing required documentation, conducting detailed flight planning on short notice to exacting standards, and regularly participating in Air Methods meetings, projects, committees, activities and community outreach.
- Other assigned duties may also be required.
What We Offer
Compensation is listed at $82,900 to $93,251 annually, with a $3,000 IFR stipend, an experience stipend of up to $12,000, off-duty housing availability, a $15,000 sign-on bonus and ACCRA at 110%.Benefits include health, dental and vision coverage, a competitive 401(k), flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement, company-paid life insurance, AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, business travel accident insurance, voluntary legal services, relocation assistance, and employee assistance and benefit concierge programs.
Requirements
- Applicants need an associate’s degree or equivalent education, two to five years of related experience and/or training, and a bachelor’s degree is preferred.
- Pilots must be under 70 years old, weigh no more than 250 pounds, and have flown in category within the previous 24 months.
- The IFR program requires 2,500 total flight hours, including at least 2,000 hours in category, 1,000 PIC hours in category, 500 cross-country hours with at least 50 at night, 500 turbine hours, 100 night flight hours and 100 hours in actual instrument conditions in category.
- Required qualifications also include an instrument rating for the applicable category and class, a fixed-wing multiengine rating for twin-engine aircraft, commercial single-engine land certification for single-engine aircraft, and a First or Second Class FAA Medical certificate.