A lot of tertiary-care hospitals like to fly their "birds". And I like to watch them fly (especially Baptist's black & gold bird - as it is so pretty). But unless a small charge is very critical and I need help reallydamnedfast, I don't ever ask for a bird to go up. They are very expensive. And they are a riskier form of transport. Two birds went down during the time I was in medical training - all hands were lost in both crashes. They were good people - good hands. And it was such a waste. Ergo, I prefer ground transport.
Of course, I don't always get a say. It's usually the call of whoever is sending the bird.
Birds don't need to be in the air unless they really need to be in the air.
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I flew hundreds of missions on "birds" and there were few crashes. There were a lot shot down , but few actually just crashed.
I have failed to understand why we have the number of crashes of "mercy birds" that we have today, one just yesterday where a girl and the crew were killed.
Is it because of pilot error, lack of training, faulty equipment? I don't know. I don't believe that it could be from fatigue since these crews do not fly anywhere the number of missions that we did and under a hell of a lot more duress than the "hospital bird" pilots of today could experience. Maybe they don't have enough stress and take things for granted too often. Who knows. It's unfortunate regardless of the cause.
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