Air Care One International

[Capt1124]

Does anybody know anything about this company?

 

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I was offered a job flying a LR35 for them. The company is actually a medical company, and are operating on a certificate from another company in the Dakotas, I believe. The operation is run primarily by medical personnnel; you interview with them, rather than the certificate holder, and you end up serving two masters. I didn't take the offer because I thought it was low, and the conditions changed several times. I've seen them advertise under more than one name, and each advert seems to have slightly different terms. They were looking for 24/7 availability.

They seemed like very nice folks, very concerned about the patient, and very interested in running a good show. If I recall, they had both the LR25 and 35...don't remember for sure.

I talked to several companies about the same time, so apologies if I'm mixing and matching from memory. My impression was that it would be a good retirement job or a stepping stone, but not really a place to go stay. Neither the wages, nor the conditions would have enticed one to do so.

I believe that two of the principles were pilots, one former retired navy, I think. However, these were investors and owners, rather than part of the certificate holders operation. It puts you in a position of being beholden to the ambulance company, yet responsible for compliance with and to an entirely independent operation for all your flying. To my mind, that can easily put you in the position of representing the company who isn't paying your wage, and in the position of being subject to pressure from the medical folks who pay your wage, but who do not hold the 135 certificate under which you work. I don't think it's a good position to be in (having been there before).