Risk Management Magazine

The air ambulance business can be challenging, and sometimes I feel it doesn't receive the recognition it deserves. Unfortunately, casualties are a part of war, so it’s absolutely necessary. This story chronicles one of my experiences in Iraq.

Crew mix plays a big part of flight planning and should never be taken lightly. Before one flight, I had some doubts about the crew mix. The majority of the experience was in the trail aircraft, which meant there was a possibility of task saturation for the PC of the lead aircraft.

Unmanned aircraft systems have many built-in procedural safety checks similar to manned aviation, such as system limitations, environmental factors and airspace deconfliction methods. These procedures are in place to ensure the safety of the aircraft and aircrew operating in the same area of operations.