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without a problem and taxi to Harrods Aviation, the business aviation terminal. I head back to open the door, and our female passenger (patient) gives me an appreciative look and silently mouths, “Thank you, doc.”
In contrast to that greeting, as the door opens, Her Majesty’s customs agent is standing on the ramp. He sees my uniform shirt with four stripes and he says, “Welcome to England, captain.”
Fred (who is a fully qualified engineer) and I are finishing our post-flight pilot duties when he suddenly stops and says, “You know Kevin, I guess once you are a doctor, you’re always a doctor, aren’t you?•”
I answer, “I guess so, but I also think that “once a pilot, always a pilot” is also true. Activities like engineering, medicine and flying take a lot of effort to learn well, and with time they just become who you are. T&T
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Kevin Ware is an ATP who also holds CFI, MEII and he- licopter ratings, has more than 10,000 hours and is typed in several different business jets. He has been flying for a living on and off since he was 20, and currently works as a contract pilot for various corporations in the Seattle area. When not working as a pilot he is employed part time as an emergency and urgent care physician. He can be reached at kevin.ware2@aol.com.
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