Senior Air Corps officers are still flying air ambulance missions despite the service being cut back over the winter to allow them to carry out management duties. It was announced last November the EAS service would not operate for four days a month until March 2020. However pilot shortages mean Lieut Cols must regularly fly missions despite the decreased number of operations, The Irish Times has learned. In a statement the Department of Defence confirmed senior officers are continuing to fly EAS missions. Lower ranks receive extra allowances to fly EAS missions but these are not paid to Lieut Cols who fly, a point of additional frustration within the senior ranks.

Source: The Irish Times January 31, 2020 00:45 UTC