About This Role
Air Methods is recruiting for a regular full-time fixed-wing pool pilot role supporting EMS air-medical transport. The listed fleet includes the PC12, PC12NGX, and BE200 (IFR); pilots may live anywhere in the PacWest states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Nevada, and Washington, and Air Methods will assign them to a needed base nationwide. The pilot ensures aircraft and weather conditions are airworthy for transporting medical crew and patients to receiving hospitals and works a seven-days-on/seven-days-off roster with 12-hour shifts. Annual base pay is USD 82,900 to USD 93,251, with additional IFR and experience stipends, off-duty housing availability, a sign-on bonus, ACCRA 110%, and a comprehensive benefits package.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Ensure that aircraft and weather conditions are airworthy before transporting the medical crew and patient to the receiving hospital within the assigned operational area. Operate Air Methods aircraft safely and legally
- complete a preflight before every flight, verify airworthiness by signing the Daily Flight Log, and perform a complete aircraft walk-around before entering the cockpit and again after each flight. Exercise final authority over aircraft operations and the safety of passengers, cargo, and equipment. Remain thoroughly familiar with all aircraft and medical backup systems used at the operational area, and ensure that the medical flight team is familiar and comfortable with the medical interior and systems. Complete required documentation, conduct detailed flight planning on short notice to exacting standards, participate regularly in Air Methods meetings, activities, projects, committees, and community outreach, and perform other assigned duties. The position has no supervisory responsibilities.
What We Offer
The comprehensive package includes health, dental, and vision coveragea competitive 401(k) retirement planflexible spending account benefit planstuition reimbursementfull company-paid life insuranceAD&D insuranceshort- and long-term disability insurancebusiness travel accident insurancevoluntary legal coveragerelocation assistanceand employee assistance and benefit concierge service programs. The posting also lists 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 110%.
Requirements
- Candidates must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily and maintain regular scheduled attendance. The IFR program requires 2500 total flight hours, including a minimum of 2000 hours in category, 1000 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, and 100 hours in actual instrument conditions in category. Pilots must have flown in category within the previous 24 months. The pilot must hold an instrument rating for the applicable aircraft category and class
- an ATP rating in category satisfies the instrument-rating 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 required. Education and experience may be met through an associate degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school plus two to five years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- a bachelor's degree is preferred. Flight-crew personnel must weigh no more than 250 pounds and be less than 70 years old. The role also calls for positive interpersonal relationships with colleagues, EMS representatives, hospitals, and the public, along with a friendly and professional working environment.