Section 515.935  EMS Pilot Specifications

a)         EMS pilot approval for helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft shall be valid for a period of one year and may be renewed by the Medical Director if the pilot has completed renewal training, which shall include but is not limited to the requirements of subsections (b)(1) and (5)(A) through (H) or subsections (c)(1) and (3)(A) through (F) of this Section.

1)         For helicopter programs only:

A)        Four EMS pilots per helicopter, excluding relief support, shall be dedicated to the SEMSV Program.

B)        An EMS pilot assigned to SEMSV duty shall be physically present at the aircraft base to assure timely response.

C)        An EMS pilot assigned to SEMSV duty shall be provided with work space to carry out assigned duties.  In the event that duty time exceeds 12 continuous hours, separate sleeping quarters shall be provided to assure physical rest.

2)         For fixed-wing programs only:  One EMS pilot per aircraft who will respond within one-half hour from the receipt of the request.

b)         Each EMS pilot assigned to a helicopter shall be approved by the Medical Director and shall meet the following requirements:

1)         Compliance with subparts E and F of Air Taxi Operations and Commercial Operators (14 CFR 135).

2)         A minimum of 2000 rotorcraft flight hours as pilot-in-command, including:

A)        Factory school or equivalent (ground and flight);

B)        Five hours as pilot-in-command or at the controls prior to EMS missions if transitioning from a single to a single engine helicopter, from a twin to a single engine helicopter, or from a twin to a twin engine helicopter;

C)        Ten hours as pilot-in-command or at the controls prior to EMS missions if transitioning from a single to a twin engine aircraft.

3)         A minimum of five hours day/night area flight orientation, of which two hours must be at night, and, in the judgement of the SEMSV Medical Director, special terrain flight orientation.

4)         Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) certification by the Federal Aviation Administration (IFR Currency is recommended).

5)         Provide documentation of completion of training that includes but is not limited to the following:

A)        Judgement and decision making;

B)        Local routine operating procedures, including day and night operations;

C)        Flight by reference to instruments, including Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) recovery;

D)        Regional area weather phenomena;

E)         Area terrain hazards;

F)         Scene procedures;

G)        EMS System and SEMSV Program communications requirements;

H)        Orientation to each hospital/pre-hospital health care system affiliated with the SEMSV Program; and

I)          Crew resource management training.

c)         Each pilot assigned to a fixed-wing aircraft shall be approved by the Medical Director and shall meet the following requirements:

1)         Compliance with subparts E and F of Air Taxi Operations and Commercial Operators (14 CFR 135);

2)         The pilot shall have a commercial pilot certificate with a minimum of 2000 flight hours as pilot-in-command and an airplane multi-engine land instrument rating, with a minimum of 250 hours of instrument flying time, to include no more than 125 hours of simulated time and 100 night flight hours and 25 hours in the specific make and model of aircraft before flying as the pilot-in-command on patient missions, or completion of a commercially established training program for the specific make and model air craft and the successful completion of the check ride;

3)         Provide documentation of completion of training that includes but is not limited to the following:

A)        Judgement and decision making;

B)        Local routine operating procedures, including day and night operations;

C)        Flight by reference to instruments, including Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) recovery;

D)        Regional area weather phenomena;

E)         Area terrain hazards;

F)         EMS System and SEMSV Program communications requirements; and

G)        Crew resource management training.

(Source:  Amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 19218, effective December 15, 2000)