Hundreds of emergency flights, years of split-second decisions and now a mark few ever reach – two Yorkshire Air Ambulance pilots have each passed 6,000 flying hours. Chief pilot Owen McTeggart and pilot training captain Garry Brasher reached the milestone after long careers in military, police and air ambulance aviation. Mr Brasher went on to fly police support missions and worked across the UK air ambulance sector before joining Yorkshire Air Ambulance 13 years ago, making him the charity’s longest-serving pilot. Mr McTeggart first joined the service in 2012, then left to work elsewhere in the air ambulance sector, before returning seven years ago. Unlike commercial aviation, air ambulance pilots fly many short, high intensity sorties each day, often into confined landing sites and in adverse weather conditions.