We have been informed by Amjet Executive that someone is impersonating one of their employees and offering pilots and flight attendants false job opportunities on a number of aviation recruitment websites. This note is to highlight this scam to the wider aviation community as prior to offering a job offer, the person falsely representing Amjet is asking for an upfront payment for pre-employment training. This activity has been highlighted to the authorities by Amjet's legal team.
At Freelance Aircrew we are a team that know the industry. We have been frustrated as Aircrew always getting requests to do freelance work when it doesn’t suit us and as operators having to spend time and effort trying to find pilots and crew at short notice. The solution is Freelance Aircrew. A global database where Aircrew are in control of their availability and a solution that saves employers time, money and effort when trying to fill short-notice crewing requirements. It’s easy to use and it works.
The majority of aircraft operators employ two pilots in the cockpit, but more and more are now moving to a model whereby they only employ a single pilot and use contract (freelance) pilots to cover holidays, sickness or for when an additional pilot is required for safety reasons or longer flights. The problem that then occurs is how to find a well-qualified, experienced pilot who is available. Given enough time and enough phone calls it is usually possible to find such a person, but it comes at a significant cost of time and effort. Your flight ops department should be focussing on exactly that – the safe and efficient running of your operation, not distracted with timely HR and hiring issues.
If you are reading this then you have probably at some point faced the arduous task of finding aircrew (pilots or flight attendants) for either a short-notice requirement or a permanent position. How many hours did that take you and how frustrating did you find it? We have been in that position and even if you find someone with the qualifications you need, chances are that they are not available when you want them and it takes ages going through your network....again!
Medical evacuation by aircraft, known as medevac, is the timely movement and enroute care of injured or sick people from one location to another. Doctors and medical assistants involved in medevac are known as aeromedical crew. They are usually from land-based medical backgrounds, and the equipment they use airborne is very similar to ground-based equipment. This article explains how medically trained individuals can exchange their down time for some paid up time.
If you have never freelanced before the first trip or two might be a little daunting. The points below may help you prepare and hopefully answer some questions. Freelancing in the commercial world is a little more involved than in the private/corporate as more regulations are placed on the operator. If you have read the article on “Private/Corporate Aviation Freelance Pilot – What to expect” much of the below will be familiar but will have the differences so please read.
What is ‘Medevac’? Medical evacuation by aircraft, known as medevac, is the timely movement and enroute care of injured or sick people from one location to another. Medevac encompasses emergency and elective transportation, examples span: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) from the scene of an accident to a receiving medical facility, repatriation from a distant location back home to a medical facility, and patient transfer between medical facilities where distances are great, or when transfer times must be minimised for patients in need of critical care.
We have been informed by Amjet Executive that someone is impersonating one of their employees and offering pilots and flight attendants false job opportunities on a number of aviation recruitment websites. This note is to highlight this scam to the wider aviation community as prior to offering a job offer, the person falsely representing Amjet is asking for an upfront payment for pre-employment training. This activity has been highlighted to the authorities by Amjet's legal team.
At Freelance Aircrew we are a team that know the industry. We have been frustrated as Aircrew always getting requests to do freelance work when it doesn’t suit us and as operators having to spend time and effort trying to find pilots and crew at short notice. The solution is Freelance Aircrew. A global database where Aircrew are in control of their availability and a solution that saves employers time, money and effort when trying to fill short-notice crewing requirements. It’s easy to use and it works.
The majority of aircraft operators employ two pilots in the cockpit, but more and more are now moving to a model whereby they only employ a single pilot and use contract (freelance) pilots to cover holidays, sickness or for when an additional pilot is required for safety reasons or longer flights. The problem that then occurs is how to find a well-qualified, experienced pilot who is available. Given enough time and enough phone calls it is usually possible to find such a person, but it comes at a significant cost of time and effort. Your flight ops department should be focussing on exactly that – the safe and efficient running of your operation, not distracted with timely HR and hiring issues.
If you are reading this then you have probably at some point faced the arduous task of finding aircrew (pilots or flight attendants) for either a short-notice requirement or a permanent position. How many hours did that take you and how frustrating did you find it? We have been in that position and even if you find someone with the qualifications you need, chances are that they are not available when you want them and it takes ages going through your network....again!
Medical evacuation by aircraft, known as medevac, is the timely movement and enroute care of injured or sick people from one location to another. Doctors and medical assistants involved in medevac are known as aeromedical crew. They are usually from land-based medical backgrounds, and the equipment they use airborne is very similar to ground-based equipment. This article explains how medically trained individuals can exchange their down time for some paid up time.
If you have never freelanced before the first trip or two might be a little daunting. The points below may help you prepare and hopefully answer some questions. Freelancing in the commercial world is a little more involved than in the private/corporate as more regulations are placed on the operator. If you have read the article on “Private/Corporate Aviation Freelance Pilot – What to expect” much of the below will be familiar but will have the differences so please read.
What is ‘Medevac’? Medical evacuation by aircraft, known as medevac, is the timely movement and enroute care of injured or sick people from one location to another. Medevac encompasses emergency and elective transportation, examples span: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) from the scene of an accident to a receiving medical facility, repatriation from a distant location back home to a medical facility, and patient transfer between medical facilities where distances are great, or when transfer times must be minimised for patients in need of critical care.