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John Kirk is a helicopter pilot and the current safety director for EMS Air Services of New York, Inc. With over 45 years of experience in aviation, he is currently qualified on the EC 135 and BK 117 helicopters. His employer operates in support of its client, Mercy Flight Central. Born in the USA of an American father and British mother and educated in Great Britain, John served in the Royal Air Force (RAF), operating in many parts of the world. His RAF qualifications included safety officer, tactics and trials, search and rescue, and mission planning. He subsequently worked for four years supporting the oil exploration industry in the North Sea. He is currently a senior at Liberty University working on his bachelor's degree in aeronautics. John Kirk is leading the team implementing SMS jointly with Mercy Flight Central. John can be reached at jkirk@emsairservices.com. This guest author's views are entirely his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc.