Northwest Aerospace News August | September 2020 | Page 12

According to the website, “The number of human lives –
civilians and fire fighters; property – houses, farms, buildings,
chapels, monasteries etc.; livestock and forests that the Erickson’s
AIR CRANE® firefighting crews and S-64 have saved
since 1999 in Greece and the number of times the helicopters
operated and dropped water among houses, next to hospitals,
etc., — is nearly impossible to count.”
For missions-focused former military, and adventure seeking
engineers, Erickson may be the place for you. The company tagline
is, “A Global Aerospace Manufacturer and Aerial Services
Company.”
But the tagline is feeble compared to the statements of purpose
on the website such as, “We’re driven by cutting-edge engineering,
elbow grease and optimism, and are continually obsessed
with precision and safety,” which Schuldt says, “That describes
exactly what we do well.
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