There are a few other alternatives that are generally less expensive than Aircare planes. A few of those options are Amtrak Transport where we would buy a sleeper car on an Amtrak train line. We would supply it with our medical personnel and then what we’ll do is our medical personnel will assist and transport your family member by train. Another option would be long-range ground transport, which what we do is we organize an ambulance and we’ll be able to staff it with two drivers and also a medical personnel and instead of going by air ambulance, we’ll drive them the entire route.

At a minimum, all patient transportation aircraft trips require a critical care paramedic. Our standard of care is one critical care paramedic and one critical care registered nurse. When necessary, we provide respiratory therapists, nurse practitioners, and physicians.

My wife and I were impressed with your efficiency in arranging Care Flight, and with your empathy and understanding of our concerns for my father's welfare.

In terms of cost reduction, we have several options. That would depend on aircraft that you would like to choose. We can fly different aircraft for you. We fly a variety of aircraft that include a Leer Jet, which is going to be the quickest option but also the most expensive but we can also fly either a turbo-prop aircraft or a prop aircraft, both of which will reduce the cost for you. The turbo-prop is going to be a little bit less expensive than the jet, but also a little bit more expensive than the prop or Sky Flight escorts. Whereas the prop will be the least expensive option but also will be the slowest option. It depends on a couple of things. The first would be your flexibility; sometimes if you’re going--for instance, if you’re going from a residence to a residence then there’s a lot of flexibility. If you’re going into a nursing home, sometimes nursing homes will not hold the bed for long periods of time, so you might have a one or two-day window. But once again, if you can give me a five-day notice, what we can do is what we call a back-haul, which is almost the equivalent of being on stand-by at the airport. You can get on that flight for half the cost, but you may not get to go at the time that you want to go. So there’s something that we call a back-haul and what we do is we tie in both Sky Flight escorts trips--two trips together, you know i.e. if you’re going from Florida to New York and we have--and I have something else coming down from New York to Florida then you could definitely have some cost savings in both--it’s a win/win situation for everybody because both parties actually get to share on the cost of the fuel.