Air Medical Operators Are Committed To Safety Enhancements
The Air Medical Operators Association (AMOA) is committed to providing the highest level of safety in air medical transport. To meet our responsibility as aviation operators, AMOA is committed to the implemen‐ tation of technology, procedures, and operating systems that will help ensure the continued safe and effective opera‐ tion of air medical services. AMOA also supports effective
regulations to
require those enhancements in the industry.
A recent article in the USA Today erroneously reported that AMOA and the air medical industry opposed safety recommendations made by the NTSB. This is categorically false as evidenced by our numerous position statements to the NTSB, the FAA, and the United States Congress; all of these state‐ ments are available on our website at
www.airmedicaloperators.com. The following points represent AMOA's positions: • AMOA supports FAA requirements for night vision goggles in the VFR environment, safety management systems, flight data monitoring sys‐ tems, and enhanced operational con‐ trol systems.
• AMOA supports safety legislation in H.R. 915, which requires FAA rule‐ making on aviation safety in air med‐ ical transport.
• AMOA supports the forthcoming FAA rulemaking on HEMS Part 135 operations, as announced in their April 2009 Fact Sheet. Further, AMOA members were instrumental in raising weather minimums and
preflight planning regulations as part of the update to the A021 Operations Specification in 2008.
• AMOA supports the NTSB's ongoing efforts to analyze air medical acci‐ dents and make recommendations according to their findings. AMOA members have voluntarily imple‐ mented most, and in some cases, all, of those recommendations ahead of FAA requirements. We also note that the majority of recent NTSB recom‐ mendations were made at the request of a joint statement by AMOA, HAI, and AAMS‐ also on our website.
• AMOA supports the positive promo‐ tion of the responsible use of air medical services as a safe and effec‐ tive mode of medical transport.
AMOA members agree that there is no stopping point; we continue to advance the level of technology, train‐ ing, and management oversight to unprecedented levels, especially when compared to other areas of on‐demand aviation. For example, over 60% of our fleet of over 800 aircraft are equipped with NVG's, far exceeding other heli‐ copter industry segments, and all with‐ out any requirement from FAA to do so. More aircraft are equipped with this and other technologies every day, many of which were recommended by the NTSB at our urging.
AMOA members make these com‐ mitments to the safe operation of air medical services; we firmly believe, above all else, that we must remain... ...United in Safety. EMS
Texas EMS Conference Booth #1331
EMSPROMAG.com 17
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52