[quote=longsidelandry;71899]That REALLY sucks!!! You don't work with somebody that has a contract with one of the companies?[
As a consultant, we fly with whoever the operator has contracted with for transportation. I have been on PHI, Air Log, Evergreen, ERA, RotoCraft, and Texas Heli. I can tel you any of them are subject to incidents and it is just a fact, if it is something mechanical and humans work on it, things happen.
As a former medic with 13 years of working in La., I have seen my share. Lost several friends over the years, AirMed 1 crash on I-49, AirMed 3 midair crash - Houma airport, Unocal crash GOM - they all claimed lives of good people just trying to make a living. I say a little prayer, hug my wife and kids a little tighter, and put my life in the hands of the professionals that are doing an overall good job of keeping us safe in the GOM.
And just FYI, Air Med is no longer operated by PHI. Metro Aviation now has the contract w/ Acadian Ambulance, and they also have a new EC-135 bird out of Lafayette which is really nice, just hope I am on the working end of it and not the patient end when I fly in it!
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