About This Role
Full-time permanent Line Pilot position based in Port Augusta with RFDS SA/NT. The pilot works as part of a multidisciplinary aeromedical crew supporting regional, rural and remote communities across South Australia and the Northern Territory. RFDS SA/NT operates 19 Pilatus PC-12s and two Pilatus PC-24 Medi-Jets from bases including Port Augusta, Adelaide, Darwin and Alice Springs.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Reporting to the Deputy Head of Flight Operations, the Line Pilot conducts flight operations for emergency aeromedical evacuations, inter-hospital patient transfers, routine patient transfers, and healthcare personnel charter flights across South Australia and the Northern Territory.
- Duties include delivering emergency aeromedical services in remote areas, transporting primary healthcare teams and associated equipment, and working with health professionals to provide emergency and primary healthcare to regional, rural and remote communities.
What We Offer
The position offers a generous salary with superannuation, salary packaging and a guaranteed $5,000 annual retention bonus.Salary packaging includes up to $15,899 toward loans, rent and bills, plus an additional $2,650 through a meal and entertainment card.Benefits also include a 3.5% non-capital-city allowance, six weeks of annual leave, relocation assistance, comprehensive ground school for new starters with a state-of-the-art flight simulator, professional development support, Employee Values Awards, a Reward and Recognition program, access to a Learning Management System, and an Employee Assistance Program.
Requirements
- Applicants require a CASA CPL (A), a current IPC with three renewals, at least 2,000 total flight hours, at least 1,500 hours in command, 100 hours of night flying experience, and recent single-pilot IFR experience within the past two years.
- The role also requires reliability, responsiveness, a can-do attitude, strong organisational and decision-making capability in high-pressure situations, and the ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Applications are enhanced by remote-area operating experience, PC-12 or PC-24 experience, knowledge of rural and remote Australia, emergency retrieval training and experience, and turbine-engine aircraft experience.
- RFDS SA/NT also has mandatory vaccination requirements.