Club Meeting: A Day in the Life of an EMS Pilot

Noel McDermott, who works for the Life Flight Network, will present “A Day in the Life of an Emergency Medical Services Pilot” as our guest speaker.

The Rotary Club of Wilsonville meets every Thursday at noon, living out the club’s main objectives of service and fellowship. Guests are always welcome. Meetings take place on Zoom. Contact President Joe Schwab at president@wilsonvillerotary.com, or any member of the club for details.

Noel grew up in Salem, graduating from South Salem High School in 2002. He attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona from 2002-2006, earning his four-year degree and all of his ratings. He worked with Evergreen Helicopters, flying a fixed wing aircraft post Katrina and Rita in the Gulf of Mexico, then went to work for Horizon Airlines from 2007–2009. From 2009–2016 he worked for SeaPort Airlines, doing everything from being a first officer to director of operations. Following SeaPort’s bankruptcy in 2016, he went to Compass Airlines for a short while before joining Pacific Seafood as a corporate pilot on their Learjets out Portland. With the onset of Coronavirus in 2020, I was downsized from Pacific Seafood and joined Life Flight Network as an aviation compliance evaluator. He resides in Oregon City with his wife Samantha, a children’s reference librarian at the Wilsonville Public Library, and their two boys, 3 and 5.