Helicopter Pilot

Air Methods; Panacea (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

$15,000 Sign-on Bonus

Job summary

Air Methods is seeking a Helicopter Pilot in Crawfordville, FL, offering a $15,000 sign-on bonus. Responsibilities include ensuring airworthiness of the aircraft for medical transport, completing thorough pre-flight checks, and participating in community outreach. Ideal candidates will hold an associate's degree or equivalent, have 2-5 years of related experience, and meet operational requirements around weight and age. This role requires strong flight competency and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of related experience in aviation.
• Must maintain weight not to exceed 250 pounds.
• Less than seventy years old.

Responsibilities

• Ensure aircraft is airworthy for medical transport.
• Complete pre-flight checks of the helicopter.
• Participate in regular meetings and community outreach.

Skills

Positive interpersonal relationships

Visual Flight Rules (VFR) Program knowledge

Flight experience in category

Education

Associate’s degree (A.A.) or equivalent

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Job description

Overview

Helicopter Pilot

Crawfordville, FL

B407 / VFR

$15,000 Sign-on Bonus

Job Summary: Responsible to ensure aircraft and weather conditions are airworthy to transport medical crew and patient to receiving hospital within an assigned operational area. Responsible for compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR), Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM), General Operations Manual guidelines (GOM), and thorough knowledge of Air Methods policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions and Responsibilities include the following:

• Operates Air Methods aircraft in a safe and legal manner.
• Completes pre‑flight before every flight verifying the aircraft is in an air‑worthy condition by sign‑off of the Daily Flight Log; pilots will perform a complete walk‑around of the aircraft prior to entering the cockpit for flight and upon completion of each flight.
• Final authority with regard to operations of aircraft and for the safety of passengers, cargo and equipment.
• Must be thoroughly familiar with all aircraft and medical systems of backup aircraft utilized at the operational area and also ensures that the medical flight team is familiar and comfortable with the medical interior and systems.
• Responsible for completion of required documentation.
• Able to conduct detailed flight planning with little notice to exacting standards.
• Participates regularly in Air Methods meetings, activities, projects, committees and community outreach.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Additional Job Requirements

• Regular scheduled attendance.
• Time spent traveling: 10%.
• Subject to applicable laws and Air Methods’ policies, regular attendance is an essential function of the position.
• All employees must follow Air Methods’ employment practices and policies.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. In accordance with applicable laws, Air Methods will provide reasonable accommodations that do not create an undue burden so disabled employees may perform the essential functions of the position.

Education & Experience

• Associate’s degree (A.A.) or equivalent from a two‑year college or technical school and two to five years’ related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Operation and Safety Requirements:

• As a member of the Flight Crew, any person employed in this position shall maintain a weight not to exceed 250 pounds and shall be less than seventy (70) years old.

Skills

• Pilots must have flown in category for a commercial operator or in the military within the previous 24 months.
• Maintains positive interpersonal relationships with colleagues, EMS representatives, hospitals and the public and strives to maintain a friendly and professional working environment.
• Visual Flight Rules (VFR) Program: 2,000 total flight hours with a minimum of 1,500 flight hours in category; 1,000 hours PIC in category; 500 hours of rotor wing turbine time; 200 hours of cross‑country flight time, at least 50 hours of which were at night; 100 hours unaided night as PIC (50 hours of unaided can be substituted for by 100 hours of NVG time, but cannot be reduced below 50 hours of unaided time); 50 hours total actual or hood instrument time in flight and in category (simulator time does not count). (For a RW candidate who is FW rated, 100 hours or greater of FW actual or hood instrument time can reduce the RW required instrument time to 25 hours).

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Commercial & Instrument Rating (for category and class of aircraft).
• ATP rating in category meets this requirement.
• First OR Second Class FAA Medical certificate required.

This position is subject to drug and/or alcohol testing per the DOT/FAA requirements (pre‑employment, random, reasonable cause/suspicion, post‑accident).

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

Air Methods is an EEO/AA employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60‑1.35(c).