Helicopter Pilot

Air Methods

Helicopter Pilot at Air Methods ensuring safe and legal operation of medical transport aircraft. Oversees compliance and participates in community outreach while maintaining aircraft airworthiness.

Posted 6/27/2026full-timeUrbana • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $82,900 - $93,251 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Operates Air methods aircraft in a safe and legal manner.
Completes pre-flight before every flight verifying the aircraft is in an airworthy condition by sign off of Daily Flight Log.
Pilots will perform a complete walk around of the aircraft prior to entering the cockpit for flight and upon completion of each flight.
Final authority with regard to operations of aircraft and for the safety of passengers, cargo and equipment.
Must be thoroughly familiar with all aircraft and medical systems of backup aircraft utilized at operational area and also ensures that the medical flight team is familiar and comfortable with the medical interior and systems.
Responsible for completion of required documentation.
Able to conduct detailed flight planning with little notice to exacting standards
Participates regularly in Air Methods meetings, activities, projects, committees and community outreach
Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements

What you’ll need

Associate’s degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school and two to five years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
Bachelor’s degree preferred
Pilots must have flown in category for a commercial operator or in the military within the previous 24 months
Must maintain a weight not to exceed 250 pounds and shall be less than seventy (70) years old
2,000 total flight hours with a minimum of 1,500 flight hours in category
1000 hours PIC in category
500 hours of rotor wing turbine time
200 hours of cross-country flight time, at least 50 hours of which were at night
100 hours unaided night as PIC (50 hours of unaided can be substituted for by 100 hours of NVG time, but cannot be reduced below 50 hours of unaided time)
50 hours total actual or hood instrument time in flight and in category (simulator time does not count) (for a RW candidate who is FW rated, 100 hours or greater of FW actual or hood Instrument time can reduce the RW required instrument time to 25 hours).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health, Dental and Vision
Competitive 401(k) Retirement Plan
Flexible Spending Account Benefit Plans
Tuition Reimbursement
Full Company-Paid Life Insurance
AD&D Insurance
Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
Business Travel Accident Insurance
Voluntary Legal
Relocation Assistance
Employee Assistance and Benefit Concierge Service Programs

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Hard Skills & Tools

Commercial Pilot LicenseRotor Wing Turbine ExperienceFlight PlanningAircraft OperationsPre-Flight InspectionCross-Country FlightNight Flight OperationsInstrument Flight TimePilot In Command (PIC) ExperienceTotal Flight Hours

Soft Skills

LeadershipCommunicationTeam CollaborationAttention to DetailProblem Solving

Certifications

Associate's DegreeBachelor's Degree (Preferred)