
REACH Helicopter Fire Pilot (SPIFR) - HAA
Bermuda Dunes, CAFull-time$115–127K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The role seeks a helicopter pilot to provide medical air transportation for REACH customers, emphasizing safety, teamwork, and aircraft readiness in a full‑time, on‑site position based in Bermuda Dunes, California.
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Full job description
HAA PILOT Full-Time Opportunity
If your passion is flying and you want to work in an environment where every second counts, contact us today!
We’re hiring a Helicopter Pilot to provide medical air transportation services for REACH customers. Safety is a key pillar of our services.
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Salary Range: $115,387 - $126,926 including 30% Geographic Modifier
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15K Sign-On Bonus, subject to eligibility
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Retention Bonus plans ($40,000 after 3 years plus additional retention bonuses once completed)
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5K SPIFR Stipend
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5k Fire Stipend
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12K Area Float Pilot Stipend
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On Duty Housing
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7/7 Schedule
Responsibilities
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Working with a team of medical experts to safely transport customers to and from locations and facilities
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Ensure aircraft readiness for flight dispatches as described in the appropriate manuals, including all FAR and REACH requirements, and aircraft cleanliness duties
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Maintain accurate REACH and regulatory documentation and record keeping
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Effectively communicate and collaborate with dispatch, flight crews, facilities, and partners
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Provide shift change info to successive pilot and team following protocol for recording A REACH change board details
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Accountable to maintain required certifications and ongoing training
Minimum Requirements
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Current Rotorcraft FAA Commercial Certificate
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Helicopter instrument rating
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Current FAA Class I or II Medical Certificate
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Must meet U.S. Forest Service carding requirements:
100 flight hours in the past 12 months
50 hours in the AS350
200 hours of mountain flight time (as defined by AIM)
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2,000 Total Flight Hours
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2,000 Helicopter Hours
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1,000 Helicopter PIC Hours
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1000 Turbine Helicopter Hours
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Minimum 100 cumulative hours of instrument flight time
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200 helicopter hours night hours aided or unaided
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230 pound weight limit with flight gear
Preferred Qualifications
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EC135 / H135 EC145/H145 Aircraft Experience
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High School Diploma/Equivalent or Higher
Why Choose REACH? As a leader in helicopter air ambulance services, REACH (https://careers.gmr.net/reachair) is one of Global Medical Response (https://www.globalmedicalresponse.com/careers) ’s ( GMR) family of solutions. Our GMR teams deliver compassionate, quality medical care, primarily in the areas of emergency and patient relocation services. View the stories on how our employees provide care to the world at www.AtaMomentsNotice.com.
GMR’s Core Behaviors—keep care at the center, raise your hand, seek to understand, find a way together and be accountable—unite our teams and set us apart in emergency medical services.
EEO Statement
Global Medical Response and its family of companies are an Equal Opportunity Employer, which includes supporting veterans and providing reasonable accommodations (https://www.globalmedicalresponse.com/docs/site/non-discrimination) for individuals with a disability.
Competitive starting salaries from $115,387 - $126,926 ; 30% geo modifier included, not additional.
Check out our careers site benefits page (https://careers.gmr.net/benefits) to learn more about our benefit options.
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How this job compares
Set against the 326 open Pilot jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$115–127K/yr
- California median$150–188K/yr32 salary ranges
- US median$110–134K/yr158 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $121K, is 28% below the California median midpoint ($169K) — in the lowest quarter of Pilot salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 53 open Pilot jobs in California and 326 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- STAjets9 open
- Global Medical Response (this employer)6 open
- SkyWest Airlines5 open
- Experience
- Pilot postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 7 years (62 postings).
- Education
- 22 of the 326 open Pilot jobs (7%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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