Somebody asked what the hardest part of EMS flying is. It is not the…

Hank Delacroix · Pilot at Bayou Air Medical · Baton Rouge, LA

Somebody asked what the hardest part of EMS flying is. It is not the weather and it is not the LZ. It is that you are making a go decision while a nurse you like and respect is standing there waiting, and everybody in the room knows what the flight is for. The pressure is never on the radio. It is in the room.

2 comments

Grace Hollis

This is the best description of self imposed pressure I have read. The regulation cannot help you in that room. Only a rule you set earlier can.

Hank Delacroix

Right. I decide my numbers at the start of shift when nobody is waiting on me. Then I am just reading them back later.