[Ngtflyr]

Just seeing this now. I'm fine just a little busy. It has been a bad year, 10 EMS helo crashes so far this year nationwide. I work for Air Evac a subsidary of PHI, up until June we had a stellar safety record, best in the industry. A big factor on why I chose PHI, it has the best equipment, maintenance and safety record. We had a fatal crash near Houston on 6 June, about 0230 in the morning 4 fatalities. Last week we had another mishap up near Flagstaff three injuries one serious, on NVGs at 340 in the morning, most likely a brownout.. The sad thing in virtually all the mishaps is that they were preventable expecially the most recent one, the midair near Flagstaff. High time pilots one with over 10K hrs and the other over 5K hrs, for some reason they just didn't see each other on a clear vfr afternoon. Still the most dangerous part of my job is my drive to and from work. Thanks for the concern.