new director?

["MIKE SMITH" <msmith_01@email.msn.com>]

Chad,

How's that new director doing down there?  Keep him on his toes, he really
like that, really.

Mike Smith
MedFlight of Ohio
----- Original Message -----
From: <RotrRN@aol.com>
To: <flightmed@flightweb.com>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: Safety Question?


> Ok,  usually I am a spectator and I do not post comments very often.  But
> something bothers me here!
>
> The question seems to ask to balance engine starts with the safety of the
> crew?  No matter how tight economics are, BE SAFE!!!!  No matter how
> "overboard" it seems...BE SAFE!!!!!  No matter how other people pressure
> you...BE SAFE!!!!  AND NO MATTER WHAT IS CONSIDERED AS INDUSTRY
> STANDARD......BE SAFE!!!
>
> We are constantly questioned about our strict weather minimums and the
> relation between it and missed flights.  I don't know how many flights
($$$$)
> we have missed, but 24 years without an accident isn't because we applied
all
> industry standards to our program.  It's because we took each standard and
> applied it when it seemed to benefit us in the safety department (or
didn't
> affect our safety).
>
> We do hot loads, but only when the flight crew is comfortable with it.  We
> take into account things such as pt. weight, winds, available TRAINED
help,
> type A/C we are in (primary ship = high skid gear.......back-up = low
> gear)....if all of this is in safety margins, then we look at pt.
condition,
> engine starts, saved time.
>
> Chad Sims, Flight Nurse
> Baptist Hospital LIfe Flight, Pensacola
>
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