Missinipi Pay Scale

[Scudrunner]

Note that’s hours with Missinipi

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Still pretty sweet.

Note the difference between scheduled ops and medevac ops. Really shows you how undesireable that job is....

[TwinOtterFan]

What makes it so undesirable?

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What makes it so undesirable?

Lots of night flying. It used to be with 24/7 on call, perhaps that has changed by now?
Then there's the ever present risk of being stuck in quite less desirable locations.
No support for deicing. Deicing a king air without a proper ladder is just nonsense.

[TwinOtterFan]

That does sound undesirable. The pilots I know flying medevac are doing 12's, 2 days, 2 nights then off for 2. And home every night maybe 1 day a month they get stuck somewhere else.

But I'm guessing that most operations are not doing it this way.

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That does sound undesirable. The pilots I know flying medevac are doing 12's, 2 days, 2 nights then off for 2. And home every night maybe 1 day a month they get stuck somewhere else.

But I'm guessing that most operations are not doing it this way.

Sounds like Ornge?

MB has 1 week on/1 week off, or 2 week on/2 weeks off in most companies. Some have 12 hour shifts, others don't. I think there's a lot of experimenting going on nowadays to try and get people to stay. I think most have evolved into some kind of shift system.

[TwinOtterFan]

That does sound undesirable. The pilots I know flying medevac are doing 12's, 2 days, 2 nights then off for 2. And home every night maybe 1 day a month they get stuck somewhere else.

But I'm guessing that most operations are not doing it this way.

Sounds like Ornge?

Yep, when I left the military and started flight training I was in Ontario, Ornge has a fair amount of Vets so I was introduced to them. Seems like a great Op, but wife was posted to Edmonton so now we are here and the medevac Op's here do seem less desirable.

[Slick Goodlin]

It’s possible that they have to attract more qualified people to fly medevac too. In Ontario a captain doing government work has to have an ATPL and 500MPIC, I forget what a FO needs.

[TwinOtterFan]

Was kinda curious so I looked it up.

Ornge FO Fixed Wing

QUALIFICATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:

Valid commercial pilot license
500 hours total time
Current IFR
Valid Class 1 Medical
Valid Canadian Passport of ability to work in Canada and the ability to travel to the USA
Immunization records with required vaccinations

Ornge Captain Fixed Wing

QUALIFICATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:

Valid ATPL
2000 hours total time
500 hours pilot in command
Current IFR (minimum Category 3)
Valid Class 1 Medical
Valid Canadian Passport of ability to work in Canada and the ability to travel to the USA
Immunization records with required vaccinations

[Slick Goodlin]

I used to argue that Ornge captains should have to have 500 glider PIC to be fair against the other multi-engine operators needing that much MPIC. They’re concerned about the outcome of an engine out, aren’t they?