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Read moreLine Pilot - Various Locations - Full Time
Location: NSW Other | Applications close: 31 December 2025 | Job ID: 8RCR4A
Read moreBecome a Pilot (WA)
Our pilots play a pivotal role in ensuring our doctors and nurses reach those in need.
Read moreLooking for a Life Off Autopilot? (QLD)
As a RFDS pilot your passion for flying could take you to the furthest corners of Queensland.
Read moreFlying the Frontline of Rural Healthcare (NSW/ACT)
“There are two types of pilots. Those who wouldn’t enjoy aeromedical flying, and those who love it,” Tamlyn Gresser, RFDS South Eastern Section’s (RFDSSE) Line Pilot. For World Pilot Day (26 April), we spoke to three pilots to unpack why flying with the RFDSSE is more than a job – it’s a calling.
Read moreDay in the life of a Pilot mastering the skies (QLD)
As a Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) Pilot, you never really know what to expect—and that's why simulated emergency landings, and even the odd kangaroo strike, are all part of the rigorous training that ensures they are prepared for anything.
Read moreBeth Garrett - the First female Flying Doctor Pilot
Beth has left an inspiring Flying Doctor legacy!
Read moreFlying high on life (QLD)
No mission is impossible for Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section) aeromedical pilot Andrew Chadwick, who has served more than 25 years in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) before joining the RFDS family in Townsville.
Read moreFamily ties in the skies (QLD)
Picture this: You’re in the air at 35,000 feet, the steady hum of the engines a backdrop to your thoughts. You’re not on an ordinary flight; you’re a patient, being transported for urgent care.
Read moreBorn to Fly: The journey to become a pilot (QLD)
At just four days old, Mark Stuart-Russell took his first flight. He was taken home from hospital in his father’s Cessna 170.
Read moreHigh achiever (WA)
RFDS patients are in safe hands with helicopter pilot Jason Parsons, whose wide-ranging aviation career spans flying for the Royal Australian Air Force and United States Air Force to the Qantas Dreamliner.
Read moreMuster gone wrong (QLD)
Helicopter pilot Frank Hoare is lucky to be alive after his helicopter crashed at a remote cattle station near Normanton in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Read more#39 How do you land an RFDS plane in the dark in the outback?
Flying Doctor podcast: What is it like to be an RFDS pilot? What are the qualifications and experience needed to get a job, and what it is like on a day to day basis?
Read more#112 Wildflowers, frog tea and a goanna in a hangar!
Former RFDS base manager, Alison Fox and her husband (and current RFDS pilot) Bruce Carroll take us on a glorious flight down their Meekatharra RFDS memory lane.
Read moreNavigating new heights: our new Townsville Senior Base Pilot (QLD)
Newly appointed Townsville Senior Base Pilot, Catriona Saunders, has the unique qualities required to excel as a RFDS pilot, and she absolutely loves it!
Read moreNational Flying Doctor Day | The Road to 100 Years
On 17 May 1928, a single-engine bi-plane took off from Cloncurry in Outback Queensland, carrying a pilot and a doctor on a mission that would go on to define Australia medical delivery. Ninety-seven years later, National Flying Doctor Day is a moment to reflect on just how far this service has come!
Read moreA diverse and rewarding career (QLD)
Whether it is landing on a remote airstrip or driving the crew to stabilise a patient, Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Pilot Brady Thrift is always there to lend a helping hand.
Read moreMeet the Flying Doctor's female pilots (SA/NT)
To mark Women in Aviation Worldwide Week, we reached out to our female pilots to ask them what their job means to them. Here’s what they said...
Read moreIt was a dark and stormy night and a baby is on the way (QLD)
After 15 years with the Flying Doctor in Queensland, pilot Lindsay Hart has had some unique experiences. One dark and stormy night over Longreach was particularly memorable.
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