Should Charity Air Medical Organizations Require Commercial Certification of Their Pilots?

Authors

Douglas Boyd, University of TexasFollow
Charles Peters, University of Houston

Submitting Campus

Worldwide

Department

College of Aeronautics

Document Type

Article

Publication/Presentation Date

7-2015

Abstract/Description

Fixed-wing medical transportation crashes operating under 14CFRPart 91 show higher fatal outcomes than non-medical Part 91 flights. Advanced certification may translate into increased safety; yet we know of no charity aeromedical transportation requiring such certification. Herein, in a retrospective study, we determined (a) whether commercial certification is associated with a reduced fatality rate compared with the less stringent private pilot certificate and (b) accident causes.

Publication Title

Air Medical Journal

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amj.2015.03.007

Publisher

Mosby, Inc.

Additional Information

Douglas Boyd was not affiliated with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University when the article was published.

Scholarly Commons Citation

Boyd, D., & Peters, C. (2015). Should Charity Air Medical Organizations Require Commercial Certification of Their Pilots?. Air Medical Journal, 4(). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amj.2015.03.007