Helicopter Pilot SPIFR-HAA

REACH Medical Holdings; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-On Bonus $15K

Retention Bonus $40,000 after 3 years

On Duty Housing

7/7 Schedule

40% Geographic Modifier included

Job summary

REACH Medical Holdings is hiring a Helicopter Pilot (HAA) in the San Diego area to support medical air transport. You will join a team of medical experts to move patients safely, while ensuring aircraft readiness and maintaining regulatory paperwork.

The role requires a full rotorcraft commercial certificate, instrument rating, FAA Class II Medical, thousands of flight hours, and lifetime commitment to safety and training.

Qualifications

• Current Rotorcraft FAA Commercial Certificate.
• Helicopter Instrument Rating.
• Current FAA Class II Medical Certificate.
• 2,000 Total Flight Hours.
• 2,000 Helicopter Hours.
• 1,000 Helicopter PIC Hours.
• 1,000 Turbine Helicopter Hours.
• Minimum 200 Helicopter Night Flight Hours (Aided or Unaided).
• Minimum 100 cumulative hours of instrument flight time.
• 230 pound weight limit with flight gear.
• Preferred EC135/H135 Aircraft Experience.
• High School Diploma/Equivalent or Higher.

Responsibilities

• Transport customers safely with a medical team across locations and facilities.
• Ensure aircraft readiness per manuals, FARs, and REACH requirements.
• Maintain REACH and regulatory documentation and records.
• Communicate effectively with dispatch, flight crews, facilities, and partners.
• Provide shift change information and log REACH change board details.
• Maintain required certifications and ongoing training.

Skills

Rotorcraft Commercial Certificate

Helicopter Instrument Rating

FAA Class II Medical Certificate

Total Flight Hours 2000

Helicopter Hours 2000

Helicopter PIC Hours 1000

Turbine Helicopter Hours 1000

Night Flight Hours 200

Instrument Time 100

Weight Limit 230 lb

EC135/H135 Aircraft Experience

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

EC135/H135 Aircraft Experience

Job description

HAA PILOT Full-Time Opportunity

Missions that matter.

Pilot Incentives -This is pilot life at Global Medical Response:

• Salary Range: $124,263-$136,689 including 40% Geographic Modifier
• 15K Sign-On Bonus, subject to eligibility
• Retention Bonus plans ($40,000 after 3 years plus additional retention bonuses once completed)
• 5K SPIFR Stipend
• On Duty Housing
• 7/7 Schedule

If your passion is flying and you want to work in an environment where every second counts, We’re hiring a Helicopter Pilott to provide medical air transportation services to REACH Air Medical Services’customers. Safety is a key pillar of our services.

Responsibilities

• Working with a team of medical experts to safely transport customers to and from locations and facilities
• Ensure aircraft readiness as described in the appropriate manuals, including all FAR and REACH requirements, and aircraft cleanliness duties
• Maintain accurate REACH and regulatory documentation and record keeping
• Effectively communicate and collaborate with dispatch, flight crews, facilities, and partners
• Provide shift change info to successive pilot and team following protocol for recording REACH change board details
• Accountable to maintain required certifications and ongoing training

Minimum Requirements

• Current Rotorcraft FAA Commercial Certificate
• Helicopter instrument rating
• Current FAA Class II Medical Certificate
• 2,000 Total Flight Hours
• 2,000 Helicopter Hours
• 1,000 Helicopter PIC Hours
• 1,000 Turbine Helicopter Hours
• Minimum 200 Helicopter Night Flight Hours (Aided or Unaided)
• Minimum 100 cumulative hours of instrument flight time
• 230 pound weight limit with flight gear

Preferred Qualifications

• EC135/H135 Aircraft Experience
• High School Diploma/Equivalent or Higher

Why Choose REACH? As a quality air medical transport service, REACH is one of Global Medical Response’s (GMR) family of solutions. Our GMR teams deliver compassionate, quality medical care, primarily in the areas of emergency and patient relocation services. View the stories on how our employees provide care to the world at .

GMR’s Core Behaviors—keep care at the center, raise your hand, seek to understand, find a way together and be accountable—unite our teams and set us apart in emergency medical services

Global Medical Response and its family of companies are an Equal Opportunity Employer, which includes supporting veterans and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with a disability.

Competitive starting salaries from $124,263-$136,689; 40% geo modifier included, not additiona