Timbeck2
Final Approach
About a helicopter rescue company at the base of the Matterhorn. A lot of the scenes could be in our "daily pic" thread.
It doesn't suck
It doesn't suck
I wonder if those guys are prior military or just paid for civilian training. Seems like most the medivac guys in the states flew military prior. That would be a heck of a job. I’m sure it’s not easy to get into though.
The episode I watched, the owner didn’t have any military pilot background. Started as a mech and worked his way to pilot.
MEDEVAC in the States is mostly prior vets but the vast majority is just air ambulance and no SAR mission. If I were to do what they’re doing in that series, I’d be fired.
The episode I watched, the owner didn’t have any military pilot background. Started as a mech and worked his way to pilot.
MEDEVAC in the States is mostly prior vets but the vast majority is just air ambulance and no SAR mission. If I were to do what they’re doing in that series, I’d be fired.
I think it would be cool to fly helis, but it just isn’t economically viable for a civilian to pay for the training and experience needed.
Why would you be fired?
Because our company (most) doesn’t have a SAR role. It’s strictly patient transport from a helipad or a scene site where EMS has setup an LZ. There are private companies that include a SAR mission but they are specially trained and equipped as such. They are supplemented with local govt (police/forestry service) and military (Army NG) units.
Send them an application then!
I wonder if those guys are prior military or just paid for civilian training. Seems like most the medivac guys in the states flew military prior. That would be a heck of a job. I’m sure it’s not easy to get into though.
Why add the “just paid for” to civilian training?
You don’t think it’s not paid for if it .mil?
I think what he’s getting at is personal out of pocket expense. Taxes paid for roughly 1 million dollars and 177 hrs of my flight school training. If I went and got 300 hrs of R22 training and a comm, that’s $80 grand out of pocket.
Still both are paid for.
Correct, the difference is, one path will get you a turbine helo job quite easily but the other takes years of bad pay and networking to get. Choose wisely.
Aviation ain’t easy and networking is always needed in any industry.
I really like this show, but it has the same flaw a lot of these shows have. They know most of their audience won't pay attention to the details. It's a lot cheaper to just use any shot they have on file than it is to send up a specific helicopter. For example, one of the pilots has a feeling that something is wrong with the helicopter, so the land. Every time they go to a different view of the helicopter, it's a different helicopter! If you pay attention in a lot of the shots, they will change them out a lot. Still, I'm enjoying the show!I saw an anomaly in the first episode that makes me question the veracity of the series.
Just before the chopper gets back to pick up the "friends", you get an aerial shot of the target crevasse, and to the right you can see another crevasse, with what looks like an ice cave entrance to the target crevasse and someone down there. It goes by quickly, and it's not very clear, but I'm a paranoid old coot so it got me wondering.
Other than that, I thought it was well done.