Aeromedical Line Pilot (PC-12/PC-24) – RFDS SA/NT, Port Augusta

✈️ About the role

Join the Royal Flying Doctor Service SA/NT as a Line Pilot based in Port Augusta. In this full-time permanent role, you will fly time-critical aeromedical missions and patient transfers across South Australia and the Northern Territory, working as part of a tight-knit multidisciplinary crew dedicated to rural and remote communities.

🧭 What you’ll do

• Conduct emergency aeromedical evacuations and inter-hospital patient transfers.
• Undertake routine patient transport and charter flights for healthcare personnel and equipment.
• Operate single-pilot IFR in diverse environments, including remote and austere airstrips.
• Collaborate with doctors, nurses and clinicians to deliver safe, patient-centred operations.
• Maintain the highest standards of airmanship, judgement and situational awareness under pressure.

🧰 What you’ll bring

• License: CASA CPL (A) with a current IPC and three renewals.
• Hours: 2,000+ total time and 1,500+ hours PIC; 100+ hours night.
• IFR recency: Recent single‑pilot IFR experience within the past 24 months.
• Attributes: Reliable, responsive, can‑do attitude; strong organisation and decision‑making in high‑pressure situations; able to work independently and within a multidisciplinary team.
• Compliance: Meets RFDS SA/NT mandatory vaccination requirements.

🌟 Preferred experience

• Remote-area flying and operations.
• Pilatus PC‑12 and/or PC‑24 time.
• Familiarity with rural and remote Australia.
• Emergency retrieval training and operational experience.
• Turbine-engine aircraft experience.

🛩️ Your operating environment

RFDS SA/NT operates a modern fleet of Pilatus PC‑12s and PC‑24 Medi‑Jets from bases including Port Augusta, Adelaide, Darwin and Alice Springs, supporting communities right across South Australia and the Northern Territory.

💼 Rewards & benefits

• Generous salary plus superannuation, with a guaranteed $5,000 annual retention bonus.
• Salary packaging up to $15,899 for loans, rent and bills, plus an additional $2,650 via a meal and entertainment card.
• 3.5% non-capital-city allowance.
• Six weeks annual leave and relocation assistance.
• Comprehensive ground school for new starters, with access to a state-of-the-art flight simulator.
• Professional development support, Employee Values Awards and a Reward & Recognition program.
• Access to an online Learning Management System and an Employee Assistance Program.

📨 How to apply

Ready to make a meaningful difference with every flight? Apply with your CV and a brief cover letter detailing your IFR recency, total and PIC hours, and relevant aeromedical or remote-area experience.