Yeah I know the 109 is a twin, when I said I would never fly in a single I was referring to Classic Lifeguard. Should have made that more clear. They are in Bell singles.... The industry as I am sure you know, is divided on people that would or would not fly in a single engine airframe. People talk all the time about the statistics show no difference blah blah blah, but I would like to see an update of those statistics adding the past few years into that mix. The industry has been putting A-Stars into the ground at an alarming rate. In our company, we had an aircraft lose an engine despite crazy high safety and maintenance standards. They were departing one of our bases, which is based on a pier, the one in my pic and lost it over the inner harbor in Feb. Had they not of had the second engine they would have crashed into 50 degree water temps and died. These companies in the midwest which fly in hot, humid, dusty, and sometimes mountainous terrain in singles to save money is not something I am interested in putting my life at risk for just to say I fly.. I also like the ability to go IFR if needed and have it not be an emergency because your in a non-IFR single, which normally ends badly. Unfortunately with so many air medical bases popping up, over utilization, and a lot of places under pressure to fly, crashes are going to continue to happen.
TransportJockey, are you currently flying now...? You obviously have all the credentials to be an asset to a great program. Hit me up via PM and we can continue chatting instead of on the thread if you want.
CANMAN
