Five years after Erin was killed, the F.A.A. has released new rules for Air Medical.
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I read somewhere that they are finally putting in the component in helicopters that detects proximity to the ground (or water)... the same kind of device that you hear in air planes stating, "Pull UP" when the plane is getting too close to the ground.
Lance Brabham is on your list of remembered crews that have been lost... I miss him greatly... anyway, it looks like the FAA and NTSB are finally starting to try and find ways to resolve issues, now, after all the tragic loses of those who truly found satisfaction in their jobs and realized the impact they were making on their communities - and doing what they loved.
That's good. I wonder how many of the crashes are from privately owned for profit services vs. public service. It always seems like EMS is the bastard child of the emergency services. We generally don't contract out police or fire services to the lowest bidder, but this isn't uncommon in EMS. I'm glad to see the state of Maine now has a non-profit public private partnerships running statewide medevac services, in helicopters that seem safe and well suited to the task, at least when compared to the one my father died in.
2 comments:
I read somewhere that they are finally putting in the component in helicopters that detects proximity to the ground (or water)... the same kind of device that you hear in air planes stating, "Pull UP" when the plane is getting too close to the ground.
Lance Brabham is on your list of remembered crews that have been lost... I miss him greatly... anyway, it looks like the FAA and NTSB are finally starting to try and find ways to resolve issues, now, after all the tragic loses of those who truly found satisfaction in their jobs and realized the impact they were making on their communities - and doing what they loved.
That's good. I wonder how many of the crashes are from privately owned for profit services vs. public service. It always seems like EMS is the bastard child of the emergency services. We generally don't contract out police or fire services to the lowest bidder, but this isn't uncommon in EMS. I'm glad to see the state of Maine now has a non-profit public private partnerships running statewide medevac services, in helicopters that seem safe and well suited to the task, at least when compared to the one my father died in.
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