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Thu Feb 26 16:23:25 GMT 2009

Care to cite the source of that statistic?  I am pretty familiar with
aviation statistics (since it is basically what I do for my research) and I
think that one would have jumped up and gotten my attention by now.  Are you
comparing them to Part 121 operations (scheduled airline flights), Part 91
(general aviation), Part 135 (all non-scheduled charter and commercial
operations including most cargo flights) or something else? The only way I
can see that number being valid is if you are comparing fixed-wing
aeromedical and commercial airline flights (which are two completely
different types of flying with different regulations and standards) or if
the source of your data cherry-picked the data.

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Connie Potter <Connie at traumafoundation.org
> wrote:

> Actually, the crash ratio for airmedical fixed wing is 14x that of
> civilian aviation.
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> From: p.bjorn at netzero.net [mailto:p.bjorn at netzero.net]
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> Subject: RE: NTSB to Issue Helicopter EMS Safety Recommendations
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> This is interesting, although I think your experience is weighted with
> proximity.  There's little doubt that fixed wing is far safer than
> rotors in general (for a whole host of reasons, not the least of which
> is that planes are beholden to runways, and thus variously exposed to a
> variety of other helpful conditions and rules).
>
> Begs the question: how useful ARE fixed wing services in EMS?  Even in
> my experience (rural Maine), the circumstances which at once suggest and
> tolerate airplane transfer during the primary treatment phase are
> exceedingly rare.  You're adding at least two vehicles and maybe three
> teams to the transfer process.  That consumes time and shatters
> continuity.
>
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