Helicopter Maintenance​/Ferry Pilot

Company
:
Global Medical Response
Location
:
Pomona, Missouri
Type
:
Permanent
Posted
: 12 October 2026

Job Summary

We invite you to join a team of highly skilled pilots!

Our mission of providing care to the world at a moments notice is at the heart of everything we do. We are caregivers, first and foremost, and we will be there when you need us.

Salary range $70, 358 – $77, 393

• $15,000 sign-on bonus and $40,000 retention bonus after 3 years, all locations
• 24-hour base housing, provided at all locations

This is a time-building position for pilots that do not yet meet the Air Evac Line Pilot minimums and CAMTS requirements. Once the minimums are met, the Maintenance/Ferry Pilot transitions to a line position.

Assists maintenance personnel at a Regional Maintenance Offices (RMO) to conduct pre-flights, run-ups, operational check flights (OCFs), and fly aircraft as necessary (14

CFR
91 flights only; 14

CFR
135 flights are strictly prohibited).

Ensures that all aircraft have met the highest standards regarding Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) and compliance prior to being released to the field. Ferries aircraft between RMOs and bases, and other locations, and strives to minimize base out-of-service time.

• Conducts pre-flights and reports any findings to the respective maintenance personnel.
• Conducts run-ups and reports any findings to the respective maintenance personnel.
• Conducts Operational Check Flights (OCFs) and reports any findings to the respective maintenance personnel.
• Maintains engineering reports as required.
• Works with maintenance personnel to resolve all mechanical issues and concerns.
• Ferries aircraft between the RMO and field locations, as well as other locations when required.
• Ferries all other aircraft as required.
• All flights will comply with 14
  
  CFR
  91, the GOM, and Policies & Procedures.
• 14
  
  CFR
  135 flights are strictly prohibited.

Credentials/Certificates:

• FAA Rotorcraft-Helicopter Commercial certificate
• FAA Rotorcraft-Helicopter Instrument rating
• Current Second Class medical certificate
• High school diploma or equivalent

• 1500 hours total flight time
• 1200 hours helicopter time
• 1000 hours helicopter pilot in command time
• 250 hours turbine time
  100 hours night unaided, or 50 hours unaided with 100 hours aided

• 230-pound weight limit
  
  Global Medical Response teams deliver compassionate, quality medical care, primarily in the areas of emergency and patient relocation services around the world. We provide end-to-end medical transportation as well as fire services, integrated healthcare solutions and disaster response.

Global Medical Response and its family of companies are an Equal Opportunity Employer, which includes supporting veterans and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with a disability. Pilots

Check out our careers site benefits page to learn more about our benefit options, which include medical, vision, dental, 401k, disability, FSA, HAS, EAP, vacation and paid time off.

With more than 38,000 employees, Global Medical Response teams deliver compassionate, quality medical care, primarily in the areas of emergency and patient relocation services in the United States, including the District of Columbia and around the world. GMR was formed by combining the industry leaders in air, ground, managed medical transportation, and community, industrial/specialty and wildland fire services.

Each of our solutions has a long history of proudly serving the communities where we live:
American Medical Response (AMR), Rural Metro Fire, Air Evac Lifeteam, REACH Air Medical Services, Med-Trans Corporation, Air Med International and Guardian Flight.