Some days on duty can be filled with four to 5 hours of flying from one side of California to the other in good weather and not so good weather. The shifts without any flight requests can be, needless to say, boring. On a normal day, or night, we drink coffee until we twitch and then taper which can obviously make the slow days... eich.
There's lots of photos that get taken in this business. Everyone wants a picture of a helicopter; flying by, landing, taking off, running, not running, panoramic, selfies (not in-flight please). Most turn out pretty generic, videos are so much better, because helicopters are so dynamic. But occasionally a cool moment is captured, especially when the weather is dynamic.
